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Up Fifth Win of 2011 Season
2010 Champion gets third top-5 in a row, Schatz finishes 2nd with Swindell
3rd
By Kyle Luetters Meyers Notches 5th Wins from World of Outlaws Sprint Cars on Vimeo. Youngster Sam Hafertepe Jr. set Quick Time and started the 35-lap feature on
the pole with Sammy Swindell on his outside. Hafertepe Jr. led early until
mechanical woes forced the racer from Sunnyvale, Texas, to pull his #15H
machine into the pit area and finished 22nd. Meyers inherited the lead and
had to fend off four-time series champion Donny Schatz for the remainder of
the race.
SARVER, Pa. — Sept. 24, 2011 — The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series season
is entering its stretch run, and Jason Meyers knows the pressure is on if
he's going to repeat as champion. On Saturday night in the Commonwealth
Clash at Lernerville Speedway, Meyers and his Elite Racing team rose to the
occasion and captured their fifth victory of the year and extended their
lead in the standings at the same time.
"Wins have been so hard to come by this year," said Meyers, of Clovis,
Calif. "We had a great car all night and then when we got to lap traffic,
you never knew where they were going to go. Some went high, some went low.
You had to be very patient tonight when it came to getting through all of
it. Our car seemed to work really well around the top. I need to thank Brian
(Bloomfield) for pointing that out to me during the last yellow flag. Just
was another great run for our entire DDNi/Media-Tile/GLR
Investments/All-Star Performance team and we’ll use this to go into Williams
Grove (Speedway) this weekend."
"We had a really good car tonight," said Schatz, driver of the Tony Stewart
Racing #15 STP/Armor All/Chevrolet. "My guys really put their MAC tools to
work tonight. The top side was working for us pretty good there for awhile.
We were able to catch people in lap traffic so those late race restarts hurt
us a bit."
Sammy Swindell dueled with Jason Sides on the last restart of the race, but
he eventually pulled away to earn the final podium spot.
"Our Big Game Treestands car was pretty good tonight,” said Swindell. “We
ran pretty well earlier on."
Sides would settle for the fourth position as Kraig Kinser made his way up
to the 5thspot for his fifth top-5 of the season. Jac Haudenschild charged
from 22ndstarting position to finish 6thto earn the KSE Hard Charger Award.
Joey Saldana, who was looking for his third straight win, suffered engine
trouble early on and finished 23rd.
The World of Outlaws will go head-to-head with their heated rivals, the
Pennsylvania Posse, next weekend at Williams Grove Speedway. The annual
National Open weekend at the famed half-mile oval in Mechanicsburg, Pa., is
Friday, Sept. 30, and Sat., October 1.
LERNERVILLE SPEEDWAY NOTEBOOK
WINNERS - There have been 58 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature
events in 2011. The winners include: Craig Dollansky – 9(Silver Dollar
Speedway on March 12, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3, River Cities
Speedway on June 17 and 18, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 1, Lebanon
Valley Speedway on July 24, I-55 Raceway on August 6, Skagit Speedway on
September 2, Clay County Fair Speedway on September 16); Steve Kinser – 9
(Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 11 and 12, Pike County Raceway on Feb. 25,
the Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Lakeside Speedway on June 4, River
Cities Speedway on August 19, Huset’s Speedway on August 20, Antioch
Speedway on September 12, Deer Creek Speedway on September 17); Joey Saldana
– 6(Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3, Thunderbowl Raceway on March 19,
Eldora Speedway on May 6, Beaver Dam Raceway on July 9, Hartford Motor
Speedway on September 21, Eldora Speedway on September 23); Donny Schatz – 6
(Attica Raceway Park on May 20, Princeton Speedway on June 25, Limaland
Motorsports Park on July 13, Bloomington Speedway on August 5, Knoxville
Raceway on August 13, Black Hills Speedway on August 23);Jason Meyers – 5
(Cedar Lake Speedway on July 8, Williams Grove Speedway on July 23,
Autodrome Drummond on July 30, Castrol Raceway on August 26, Lernerville
Speedway on September 24); Paul McMahan – 4(the Dirt Track at Charlotte on
May 28, Belleville Highbanks on June 3, Brockville-Ontario Speedway on July
29, Silver Dollar Speedway on September 9); Sammy Swindell – 4 (Royal Purple
Raceway on Feb. 26, Merced Speedway on April 1, Tri-State Speedway on April
30, Knoxville Raceway on June 11);Jason Sides – 4 (Volusia Speedway Park on
Feb. 13, Calistoga Speedway on April 2, I-96 Speedway on May 30, Dodge City
Raceway Park on July 2); Tim Shaffer – 2(Eldora Speedway on July 15,
Lernerville Speedway on July 19);Dale Blaney – 1(Lernerville Speedway on
July 19); Cody Darrah – 1(Castrol Raceway on august 27);Sam Hafertepe Jr. –
1(Skagit Speedway on September 3); Greg Hodnett – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway
on July 22);Kraig Kinser – 1(Cottage Grove Speedway on September 5); Kyle
Larson – 1(Silver Dollar Speedway on September 10);Daryn Pittman – 1
(Williams Grove Speedway on May 13); Tony Stewart – 1(Oshweken Speedway on
July 27); Tyler Walker – 1(Eldora Speedway on July 16.)
TIME TRIALS– Sam Hafertepe Jr. was the fastest qualifier around the 4/10th’s
mile oval with a time of 12.778 seconds and earned five championship points.
Also earning points were Jason Meyers, Dale Blaney, Sammy Swindell and Donny
Schatz. It marked Hafertepe Jr.’s first Quick Time of the season.
DRIVER CHANGE– Due to a shoulder injury that was sustained earlier this year
when the Outlaws visited Beaver Dam (Wis.) Raceway, Bill Rose chose to step
out of his #6R machine after the Outlaws event at Eldora Speedway on Friday,
September 23. Ian Madsen will fill in for Rose for the rest of the season.
Rose will seek surgery to correct his shoulder and will receive 75 points
per race based on his medical status.
SALDANA ON SPEED– Fresh off his nine week stay on the injured list, Joey
Saldana been on fire, winning two races in a row. Saldana will get the
chance to chat with Dave Despain on SPEED TV’s “Wind Tunnel,” on Sunday at 8
P.M. EDT during the “Last Call Segment.”
WE’RE ONLINE – Make sure to check out the all-new WorldofOutlaws.com for the
latest news and results, plus exclusive driver interviews, video and
pictures. Also listen to every event live at DIRTVision.com .
A-Main - (35 Laps)
1. 14-Jason Meyers[4][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[5][$5,500]; 3. 1-Sammy
Swindell[2][$3,200]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides[6][$2,800]; 5. 6-Kraig
Kinser[8][$2,500]; 6. 7-Craig Dollansky[11][$2,300]; 7. 11-Steve
Kinser[13][$2,200]; 8. 5-Jac Haudenschild[22][$2,100]; 9. 83-Paul
McMahan[14][$2,050]; 10. 49-Brad Sweet[17][$2,000]; 11. 5W-Lucas
Wolfe[16][$1,500]; 12. D4-Danny Holtgraver[21][$1,200]; 13. 20E-Brian
Ellenberger[24][$1,100]; 14. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.[12][$1,050]; 15. 91-Cody
Darrah[19][$1,000]; 16. 6R-Ian Madsen[18][$900]; 17. 3-Pete
Miller[23][$800]; 18. 89G-David Gravel[20][$800]; 19. 92-Kerry
Madsen[7][$800]; 20. O4-Cap Henry[9][$800]; 21. 83X-Tim Shaffer[15][$800];
22. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[1][$800]; 23. 9-Joey Saldana[3][$800]; 24. 2-Dale
Blaney[10][$800]
Lap Leaders: Sam Hafertepe Jr. 1-12, Jason Meyers 13-35
KSE Hard Charger Award: 5-Jac Haudenschild[+14]
Qualifying -
1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 12.778; 2. 14-Jason Meyers, 12.787; 3. 2-Dale
Blaney, 12.797; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell, 12.813; 5. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.818; 6.
7-Craig Dollansky, 12.884; 7. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr., 12.906; 8. 11-Steve Kinser,
12.927; 9. 9-Joey Saldana, 12.928; 10. 83-Paul McMahan, 12.961; 11. O4-Cap
Henry, 12.969; 12. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.006; 13. 83X-Tim Shaffer, 13.047; 14.
6-Kraig Kinser, 13.061; 15. 92-Kerry Madsen, 13.061; 16. 5W-Lucas Wolfe,
13.067; 17. 49-Brad Sweet, 13.079; 18. 6R-Ian Madsen, 13.084; 19. 91-Cody
Darrah, 13.107; 20. 89G-David Gravel, 13.141; 21. D4-Danny Holtgraver,
13.146; 22. 5-Jac Haudenschild, 13.151; 23. 3-Pete Miller, 13.168; 24.
63-Chad Kemenah, 13.169; 25. 10-Carl Bowser, 13.224; 26. O8-Dan Kuriger,
13.249; 27. 20E-Brian Ellenberger, 13.365; 28. 9S-Kevin Schaeffer, 13.667;
29. 13M-Brandon Matus, 13.743; 30. 33-Brent Matus, 13.924; 31. 1R-Gale Ruth,
14.552; 32. 4K-William Kiley, 14.982
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 9-Joey Saldana[2] ; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[4] ; 3. 83X-Tim Shaffer[1] ;
4. 15-Donny Schatz[3] ; 5. 49-Brad Sweet[5] ; 6. D4-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 7.
10-Carl Bowser[7] ; 8. 13M-Brandon Matus[8]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 6-Kraig Kinser[1] ; 2. 14-Jason Meyers[4] ; 3. 83-Paul McMahan[2] ; 4.
7-Craig Dollansky[3] ; 5. 5-Jac Haudenschild[6] ; 6. 6R-Ian Madsen[5] ; 7.
O8-Dan Kuriger[7] ; 8. 33-Brent Matus[8]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 92-Kerry Madsen[1] ; 2. O4-Cap Henry[2] ; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[4] ; 4. 2L-Ed
Lynch Jr.[3] ; 5. 20E-Brian Ellenberger[7] ; 6. 91-Cody Darrah[5] ; 7.
3-Pete Miller[6] ; 8. 1R-Gale Ruth[8]
Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 7S-Jason Sides[2] ; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell[4] ; 3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[1] ; 4.
11-Steve Kinser[3] ; 5. 89G-David Gravel[5] ; 6. 63-Chad Kemenah[6] ; 7.
9S-Kevin Schaeffer[7] ; 8. 4K-William Kiley[8]
Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of
A-feature)
1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[4] ; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell[1] ; 3. 9-Joey Saldana[6]
; 4. 14-Jason Meyers[3] ; 5. 15-Donny Schatz[5] ; 6. 7S-Jason Sides[8] ; 7.
92-Kerry Madsen[10] ; 8. 6-Kraig Kinser[9] ; 9. O4-Cap Henry[7] ; 10. 2-Dale
Blaney[2]
B-Main - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 6R-Ian Madsen[1] [-]; 2. D4-Danny Holtgraver[3] [-]; 3. 91-Cody Darrah[2]
[-]; 4. 3-Pete Miller[4] [-]; 5. 10-Carl Bowser[6] [$200]; 6. 9S-Kevin
Schaeffer[8] [$180]; 7. 13M-Brandon Matus[9] [$175]; 8. 1R-Gale Ruth[11]
[$160]; 9. 33-Brent Matus[10] [$150]; 10. 4K-William Kiley[12] [$150]; 11.
63-Chad Kemenah[5] [$150]; 12. O8-Dan Kuriger[7] [$150]
Kinser Completes Weekend Sweep by
Winning at Huset’s Speedway
Bloomington, Ind. native outlasts points leader Meyers and early leader
Sweet
Steve Konser (Photo by Tim Johnson)
By Kyle Luetters
BRANDON, S.D. — Aug. 20, 2011
— After a lackluster showing at the 51stGoodyear Knoxville Nationals, Steve
Kinser and his #11 Bass Pro Shops/J.D. Byrider/ Chevrolet crew have found
their groove again as the “King of the Outlaws” picked up his seventh win of
the season and second win in a row. The Bloomington, Ind. native led the
final 14 laps to claim the checkers at Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D.
“It’s a great feeling to be back in victory lane for the second night in a
row,” said a grinning Kinser. “The track started to rubber up a bit and we
found something there about halfway through. It hooked up car really well
and allowed us to get by the 14 and the 9. The whole crew really worked hard
to get us back to where we were earlier this year and I think we are getting
there. We certainly had a lot more speed the past two nights than we have
had in the last month.”
Kinser started the night’s feature event in the 8thposition as Kerry Madsen
led the field to green with youngster Brad Sweet to his outside. Once the
green flag flew, Sweet powered the #9 Red Bull Maxim to the lead and held on
thru the first 21 circuits. Sweet had to hold off numerous challenges from
second place finisher Jason Meyers. The Clovis, Calif. native was battling
hard with Sweet when Kinser snuck by.
“Another great run for us tonight in this All-Star Performance/DDNi/Media-Tile
car,” Meyers said. ”Brad and I got to battling there pretty good and the
track started laying rubber down. There’s not much left here on this right
rear but we made it. Like I said, just another great night for us.”
While he didn’t get the win, Meyers was able to extend his points lead over
Donny Schatz who finished 22ndafter an early race caution. Kinser and Schatz
are now tied for second in the standings, both 89 markers back. Sweet wound
up finishing third but was upbeat after leading early.
“We had an awesome car tonight for sure,” Sweet said. “We had some pretty
good battles going there with Steve and Jason. We’ll eventually learn how to
win one of these things. It’d be some great medicine for Joey back home to
see the #9 car back in Victory Lane.”
Terry McCarl was able to wheel his #55 machine to a fourth place finish with
Sam Hafertepe Jr. rounding out the top-5. Pole sitter Madsen ran into some
late race troubles and finished 15th. Early front runner Lucas Wolfe also
had issues yet managed a tenth place finish.
The ‘Great Northern Tour’ continues for the Outlaws as the series heads to
Black Hills Speedway on Tuesday, Aug. 23 and then it’s onto Castrol Raceway
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Aug. 26-27.
HUSET’S SPEEDWAY NOTEBOOK
WINNERS - There have been 43 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature
events in 2011. The winners include: Craig Dollansky – 7(Silver Dollar
Speedway on March 12, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3, River Cities
Speedway on June 17 and 18, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 1, Lebanon
Valley Speedway on July 24, I-55 Raceway on August 6); Steve Kinser – 7
(Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 11 and 12, Pike County Raceway on Feb. 25,
the Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Lakeside Speedway on June 4, River
Cities Speedway on August 19, Huset’s Speedway on August 20); Donny Schatz –
5 (Attica Raceway Park on May 20, Princeton Speedway on June 25, Limaland
Motorsports Park on July 13, Bloomington Speedway on August 5, Knoxville
Raceway on August 13); Sammy Swindell – 4 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 26,
Merced Speedway on April 1, Tri-State Speedway on April 30, Knoxville
Raceway on June 11);Joey Saldana – 4(Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3,
Thunderbowl Raceway on March 19, Eldora Speedway on May 6, Beaver Dam
Raceway on July 9); Jason Sides – 4 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13,
Calistoga Speedway on April 2, I-96 Speedway on May 30, Dodge City Raceway
Park on July 2); Paul McMahan – 3(the Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 28,
Belleville Highbanks on June 3, Brockville-Ontario Speedway on July 29);
Jason Meyers – 3 (Cedar Lake Speedway on July 8, Williams Grove Speedway on
July 23, Autodrome Drummond on July 30); Tim Shaffer – 2(Eldora Speedway on
July 15, Lernerville Speedway on July 19); Dale Blaney – 1(Lernerville
Speedway on July 19); Greg Hodnett – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on July 22);
Daryn Pittman – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 13); Tony Stewart –
1(Oshweken Speedway on July 27); Tyler Walker – 1(Eldora Speedway on July
16.)
TIME TRIALS– Sammy Swindell was the fastest qualifier around the 3/8th’s
mile oval with a time of 10.768 seconds and earned five championship points.
Also earning points were Steve Kinser, Jason Meyers, Sam Hafertepe Jr. and
Paul McMahan. It marked Swindell’s fifth Quick Time of the season.
TYLER WALKER UPDATE – 2011 Kings Royal winner, Tyler Walker, is being
treated for an inner ear infection that brings on benign paroxysmal
positional vertigo (commonly referred to as BPPV). Walker was competing in
the 51stGoodyear Knoxville Nationals and had completed his qualifying night
before he realized something was wrong. “I knew after Wednesday’s races,
that for my own good, I HAD to step away and see a specialist back home in
California,” said Walker. “I am determined to get back behind the wheel and
win more races. I want to thank all my family, friends and fans for their
continued support. I’ll be back as soon as possible.”
WE’RE ONLINE – Make sure to check out the all-new WorldofOutlaws.com for the
latest news and results, plus exclusive driver interviews, video and
pictures. Also listen to every event live at DIRTVision.com .
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Huset’s Speedway;
Brandon, South Dakota; Aug. 20, 2011
A-Main - (35 Laps)
1. 11-Steve Kinser[8][$10,000]; 2. 14-Jason Meyers[4][$5,500]; 3. 9-Brad
Sweet[2][$3,200]; 4. 55-Terry McCarl[3][$2,800]; 5. 15H-Sam Hafertepe
Jr.[5][$2,500]; 6. 6-Kraig Kinser[16][$2,300]; 7. 7S-Jason
Sides[14][$2,200]; 8. 83JR-Tim Kaeding[20][$2,100]; 9. 35-Justin
Henderson[9][$2,050]; 10. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[6][$2,000]; 11. 6R-Bill
Rose[23][$1,500]; 12. 91Z-Dusty Zomer[13][$1,200]; 13. 83-Paul
McMahan[11][$1,100]; 14. 63-Chad Kemenah[15][$1,050]; 15. 92-Kerry
Madsen[1][$1,000]; 16. 44W-Austen Wheatley[17][$900]; 17. 7-Craig
Dollansky[18][$800]; 18. 91-Cody Darrah[21][$800]; 19. 13-Mark
Dobmeier[10][$800]; 20. 1-Sammy Swindell[7][$800]; 21. 1W-Chad
Meyer[24][$800]; 22. 15-Donny Schatz[12][$800]; 23. 12-Lynton
Jeffrey[19][$800]; 24. 7K-Robby Wolfgang[22][$800]
Lap Leaders: Brad Sweet 1-21, Steve Kinser 22-35
KSE Hard Charger Award: 83JR-Tim Kaeding[+12]
Qualifying -
1. 1-Sammy Swindell, 10.786; 2. 11-Steve Kinser, 10.855; 3. 14-Jason Meyers,
10.865; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 10.888; 5. 83-Paul McMahan, 10.905; 6.
15-Donny Schatz, 10.927; 7. 55-Terry McCarl, 10.944; 8. 5W-Lucas Wolfe,
10.961; 9. 9-Brad Sweet, 10.969; 10. 92-Kerry Madsen, 10.993; 11. 35-Justin
Henderson, 11.045; 12. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 11.076; 13. 91Z-Dusty Zomer,
11.087; 14. 7S-Jason Sides, 11.089; 15. 63-Chad Kemenah, 11.094; 16. 6-Kraig
Kinser, 11.103; 17. 56JC-Johnn Cressman, 11.105; 18. 44W-Austen Wheatley,
11.123; 19. 1W-Chad Meyer, 11.205; 20. 7-Craig Dollansky, 11.232; 21.
12-Lynton Jeffrey, 11.256; 22. 83JR-Tim Kaeding, 11.298; 23. 91-Cody Darrah,
11.318; 24. 6R-Bill Rose, 11.347; 25. 7K-Robby Wolfgang, 11.516; 26. 4W-Matt
Wasmund, 11.646; 27. 6X-Tommy Barber, 11.695; 28. 3-Donovan Peterson,
11.756; 29. 2K-Kevin Ingle, 11.808
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 55-Terry McCarl[2] ; 2. 92-Kerry Madsen[1] ; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[3]
; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell[4] ; 5. 91Z-Dusty Zomer[5] ; 6. 7K-Robby Wolfgang[9] ;
7. 6-Kraig Kinser[6] ; 8. 3-Donovan Peterson[10] ; 9. 1W-Chad Meyer[7] ; 10.
83JR-Tim Kaeding[8]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 35-Justin Henderson[1] ; 2. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[2] ; 3. 11-Steve Kinser[4] ;
4. 83-Paul McMahan[3] ; 5. 7S-Jason Sides[5] ; 6. 7-Craig Dollansky[7] ; 7.
91-Cody Darrah[8] ; 8. 56JC-Johnn Cressman[6] ; 9. 4W-Matt Wasmund[9] ; 10.
2K-Kevin Ingle[10]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 13-Mark Dobmeier[1] ; 2. 9-Brad Sweet[2] ; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[3] ; 4.
14-Jason Meyers[4] ; 5. 63-Chad Kemenah[5] ; 6. 12-Lynton Jeffrey[7] ; 7.
6R-Bill Rose[8] ; 8. 44W-Austen Wheatley[6] ; 9. 6X-Tommy Barber[9]
Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of
A-feature)
1. 92-Kerry Madsen[1] ; 2. 9-Brad Sweet[2] ; 3. 55-Terry McCarl[4] ; 4.
14-Jason Meyers[6] ; 5. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[5] ; 6. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[3] ; 7.
1-Sammy Swindell[8] ; 8. 11-Steve Kinser[7] ; 9. 35-Justin Henderson[9] ;
10. 13-Mark Dobmeier[10]
B-Main - (12 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 44W-Austen Wheatley[3] [-]; 2. 6-Kraig Kinser[1] [-]; 3. 83JR-Tim
Kaeding[5] [-]; 4. 91-Cody Darrah[6] [-]; 5. 6R-Bill Rose[7] [-]; 6. 1W-Chad
Meyer[4] [-]; 7. 4W-Matt Wasmund[8] [$200]; 8. 3-Donovan Peterson[10]
[$180]; 9. 6X-Tommy Barber[9] [$175]; 10. 2K-Kevin Ingle[11] [$160]; 11.
56JC-Johnn Cressman[2] [$150]
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series points
standings through August 20.
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Kinser Powers By To Victory in Final
Turn at River Cities Speedway
Tony Stewart Racing teammates trade lead numerous times; Meyers third
Steve Kinser #11 and Donny Schatz #15 race to the checkers at River Cities Speedway Friday night. (Photo by Tim Johnson)
By Kyle Luetters
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Aug. 19,
2011 —Tony Stewart Racing teammates Steve Kinser and Donny Schatz waged an
epic back and forth battle for the checkers at River Cities Speedway in
Grand Forks, N.D. Neither driver was able to gain a clear advantage on the
other and the 40 lap main event came down to the final turn. With Schatz
riding high, Kinser dove to the bottom in turn four and powered past to
claim victory by little over a tenth of a second.
“That was a race,” said Kinser as he gained his breath back in Victory Lane.
“Donny Schatz is one the greatest sprint car driver out here right now and
to battle him tonight was awesome. I leaned on him a few times there and I
shouldn’t have but I wanted this one really bad. We didn’t run nearly as
well at (Knoxville) Nationals as we wanted to so we all went back to the
shop and put our heads together. We came out tonight and got our second
quick time of the season and the win so I think we found something.”
(Click here to watch a video with Kinser after his victory at River Cities
Speedway.)
The third trip of the season to the three-tenths mile oval produced the type
of excitement that fans have come to expect from the speedway in Grand
Forks, N.D. Hometown hero Mark Dobmeier led from the get go and was up front
for four circuits until Kinser muscled his Bass Pro Shops/J.D. Byrider/Chevrolet
by on lap five. Kinser seemed to be on cruise control until Schatz and his
STP/Armor All/Chevrolet J&J caught the 20 time champion and proceeded to
take control. From lap 18 on, it was a battle between two of the most
accomplished drivers in sprint car racing.
“I just had Sprint Car 101 from Steve Kinser tonight,” Schatz said with a
chuckle in Victory Lane. ”I don’t think I’ve ever had that much fun in a
sprint car. It’s cool to race your teammate like that and go for the win.”
Perhaps the person with the best view in the house was third place finisher
Jason Meyers.
“You know, I never wish anyone would wreck but I was kind of hoping that
they would cancel each other out,” Meyers said with a laugh in Victory Lane.
“All jokes aside, that was a great race between those guys. The All-Star
Performance team is just happy to come out of here with three finishes in
2011. Seemed like we were always wrecking here the two or three years before
that. Great show tonight for the fans. They always pack the place up here
and we can’t wait to come back next year.”
Hard charging Sammy Swindell finished fourth with Dobmeier holding onto the
fifth position.
With River Cities Speedway in the rearview mirror, the ‘Great Northern Tour’
continues on as the Saturday, Aug. 20 at Huset’s Speedway; Tuesday, Aug. 23,
at Black Hills Speedway; and Aug. 26-27 at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton,
Alberta.
RIVER CITIES SPEEDWAY NOTEBOOK
WINNERS - There have been 43 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature
events in 2011. The winners include: Craig Dollansky – 7(Silver Dollar
Speedway on March 12, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3, River Cities
Speedway on June 17 and 18, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 1, Lebanon
Valley Speedway on July 24, I-55 Raceway on August 6); Steve Kinser – 6
(Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 11 and 12, Pike County Raceway on Feb. 25,
the Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Lakeside Speedway on June 4, River
Cities Speedway on August 19); Donny Schatz – 5 (Attica Raceway Park on May
20, Princeton Speedway on June 25, Limaland Motorsports Park on July 13,
Bloomington Speedway on August 5, Knoxville Raceway on August 13);Sammy
Swindell – 4 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 26, Merced Speedway on April 1,
Tri-State Speedway on April 30, Knoxville Raceway on June 11); Joey Saldana
– 4(Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3, Thunderbowl Raceway on March 19,
Eldora Speedway on May 6, Beaver Dam Raceway on July 9); Jason Sides – 4
(Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Calistoga Speedway on April 2, I-96
Speedway on May 30, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 2); Paul McMahan – 3(the
Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 28, Belleville Highbanks on June 3,
Brockville-Ontario Speedway on July 29); Jason Meyers – 3 (Cedar Lake
Speedway on July 8, Williams Grove Speedway on July 23, Autodrome Drummond
on July 30); Tim Shaffer – 2 (Eldora Speedway on July 15, Lernerville
Speedway on July 19); Dale Blaney – 1(Lernerville Speedway on July 19); Greg
Hodnett – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on July 22); Daryn Pittman – 1
(Williams Grove Speedway on May 13); Tony Stewart – 1(Oshweken Speedway on
July 27); Tyler Walker – 1(Eldora Speedway on July 16.)
TIME TRIALS– Steve Kinser was the fastest qualifier around the 3/10th’s mile
oval with a time of 10.077 seconds and earned five championship points. Also
earning points were Donny Schatz, Brad Sweet, Paul McMahan and Chad Kemenah.
It marked Kinser’s second Quick Time of the season.
TYLER WALKER UPDATE – 2011 Kings Royal winner, Tyler Walker, is being
treated for an inner ear infection that brings on benign paroxysmal
positional vertigo (commonly referred to as BPPV). Walker was competing in
the 51stGoodyear Knoxville Nationals and had completed his qualifying night
before he realized something was wrong. “I knew after Wednesday’s races,
that for my own good, I HAD to step away and see a specialist back home in
California,” said Walker. “I am determined to get back behind the wheel and
win more races. I want to thank all my family, friends and fans for their
continued support. I’ll be back as soon as possible.”
WE’RE ONLINE – Make sure to check out the all-new WorldofOutlaws.com for the
latest news and results, plus exclusive driver interviews, video and
pictures. Also listen to every event live at DIRTVision.com .
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; River Cities
Speedway; Grand Forks, North Dakota; Aug. 19, 2011
A-Main - (40 Laps)
1. 11-Steve Kinser[3][$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[6][$5,500]; 3. 14-Jason
Meyers[7][$3,200]; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell[10][$2,800]; 5. 13-Mark
Dobmeier[1][$2,500]; 6. 7-Craig Dollansky[14][$2,300]; 7. 83-Paul
McMahan[12][$2,200]; 8. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[18][$2,100]; 9. 55-Terry
McCarl[4][$2,050]; 10. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[2][$2,000]; 11. 7S-Jason
Sides[9][$1,500]; 12. 6-Kraig Kinser[5][$1,200]; 13. 35-Justin
Henderson[22][$1,100]; 14. 1K-Chris Shirek[15][$1,050]; 15. 9-Brad
Sweet[11][$1,000]; 16. 6R-Bill Rose[16][$900]; 17. 6N-Greg
Nikitenko[24][$800]; 18. 83JR-Tim Kaeding[17][$800]; 19. 16-Rayce
Martin[23][$800]; 20. 44W-Austen Wheatley[21][$800]; 21. 2-Austin
Pierce[19][$800]; 22. 92-Kerry Madsen[20][$800]; 23. 9N-Wade
Nygaard[8][$800]; 24. 91-Cody Darrah[13][$800]
Lap Leaders: Mark Dobmeier 1-4, Steve Kinser 5-18, 30-32, 34-35, 37, 40;
Donny Schatz 19-29, 33, 36, 38-39
KSE Hard Charger Award : 5W-Lucas Wolfe[+10]
Qualifying -
1. 11-Steve Kinser, 2.000; 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 2.000; 3. 9-Brad Sweet,
2.000; 4. 83-Paul McMahan, 2.000; 5. 63-Chad Kemenah, 2.000; 6. 8-Casey
Mack, 2.000; 7. 7-Craig Dollansky, 2.000; 8. 91-Cody Darrah, 2.000; 9.
1-Sammy Swindell, 2.000; 10. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 2.000; 11. 6-Kraig
Kinser, 2.000; 12. 9N-Wade Nygaard, 2.000; 13. 55-Terry McCarl, 2.000; 14.
13-Mark Dobmeier, 2.000; 15. 7S-Jason Sides, 2.000; 16. 14-Jason Meyers,
2.000; 17. 6R-Bill Rose, 2.000; 18. 1K-Chris Shirek, 2.000; 19. 5W-Lucas
Wolfe, 2.000; 20. 83JR-Tim Kaeding, 2.000; 21. 92-Kerry Madsen, 2.000; 22.
2-Austin Pierce, 2.000; 23. 35-Justin Henderson, 2.000; 24. 44W-Austen
Wheatley, 2.000; 25. 16-Rayce Martin, 2.000; 26. 11K-Nick Shirek, 2.000; 27.
25-Cory Mack, 2.000; 28. 6N-Greg Nikitenko, 2.000; 29. 92M-Mitch Mack,
2.000; 30. 91K-Kyle Fedyk, 2.000; 31. 99-Jordan Graham, 2.000; 32.
19K-Kohlan Fedyk, 2.000; 33. 14X-Tom Egeland, 2.000; 34. 31-Shane Roemeling,
2.000; 35. 10TR-Bob Martin, 2.000
Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 55-Terry McCarl[1] ; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell[2] ; 3. 11-Steve Kinser[4] ; 4.
6R-Bill Rose[5] ; 5. 92-Kerry Madsen[6] ; 6. 16-Rayce Martin[7] ; 7. 14X-Tom
Egeland[9] ; 8. 92M-Mitch Mack[8] ; 9. 63-Chad Kemenah[3]
Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[2] ; 2. 13-Mark Dobmeier[1] ; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[4]
; 4. 8-Casey Mack[3] ; 5. 1K-Chris Shirek[5] ; 6. 2-Austin Pierce[6] ; 7.
11K-Nick Shirek[7] ; 8. 91K-Kyle Fedyk[8] ; 9. 31-Shane Roemeling[9]
Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 7S-Jason Sides[1] ; 2. 6-Kraig Kinser[2] ; 3. 7-Craig Dollansky[3] ; 4.
9-Brad Sweet[4] ; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[5] ; 6. 35-Justin Henderson[6] ; 7.
99-Jordan Graham[8] ; 8. 10TR-Bob Martin[9] ; 9. 25-Cory Mack[7]
Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 9N-Wade Nygaard[2] ; 2. 14-Jason Meyers[1] ; 3. 83-Paul McMahan[4] ; 4.
91-Cody Darrah[3] ; 5. 83JR-Tim Kaeding[5] ; 6. 44W-Austen Wheatley[6] ; 7.
6N-Greg Nikitenko[7] ; 8. 19K-Kohlan Fedyk[8]
Dash - (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of
A-feature)
1. 13-Mark Dobmeier[1] ; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[5] ; 3. 11-Steve Kinser[8]
; 4. 55-Terry McCarl[2] ; 5. 6-Kraig Kinser[4] ; 6. 15-Donny Schatz[7] ; 7.
14-Jason Meyers[10] ; 8. 9N-Wade Nygaard[3] ; 9. 7S-Jason Sides[9] ; 10.
1-Sammy Swindell[6]
B-Main - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 35-Justin Henderson[3] [-]; 2. 44W-Austen Wheatley[4] [-]; 3. 6N-Greg
Nikitenko[8] [-]; 4. 2-Austin Pierce[2] [-]; 5. 8-Casey Mack[5] [$200]; 6.
11K-Nick Shirek[6] [$180]; 7. 91K-Kyle Fedyk[10] [$175]; 8. 92M-Mitch
Mack[9] [$160]; 9. 10TR-Bob Martin[15] [$150]; 10. 99-Jordan Graham[11]
[$150]; 11. 31-Shane Roemeling[14] [$150]; 12. 19K-Kohlan Fedyk[12] [$150];
13. 14X-Tom Egeland[13] [$150]; 14. 63-Chad Kemenah[1] [$150]; 15. 25-Cory
Mack[7] [$150]
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Points
Standings through Aug. 19, 2011:
| Pos. | Driver |
Total |
Diff |
Wins |
Top 5 |
Top 10 |
QT |
| 1 | Jason Meyers |
5744 |
3 |
27 |
36 |
6 |
|
| 2 | Donny Schatz |
5698 |
-46 |
5 |
21 |
36 |
2 |
| 3 | Steve Kinser |
5650 |
-94 |
6 |
20 |
34 |
2 |
| 4 | Craig Dollansky |
5531 |
-213 |
7 |
18 |
31 |
1 |
| 5 | Paul McMahan |
5498 |
-246 |
3 |
14 |
30 |
9 |
| 6 | Jason Sides |
5453 |
-291 |
4 |
14 |
27 |
3 |
| 7 | Lucas Wolfe |
5118 |
-626 |
0 |
5 |
16 |
0 |
| 8 | Cody Darrah |
5092 |
-652 |
0 |
5 |
15 |
0 |
| 9 | Chad Kemenah |
5012 |
-732 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
| 10 | Kraig Kinser |
4998 |
-746 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
| 11 | Joey Saldana |
4953 |
-791 |
4 |
16 |
23 |
5 |
| 12 | Sammy Swindell |
4942 |
-802 |
4 |
18 |
25 |
4 |
| 13 | Bill Rose |
4644 |
-1100 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
| 14 | Kerry Madsen |
3423 |
-2321 |
0 |
4 |
12 |
0 |
| 15 | Brad Sweet |
3146 |
-2598 |
0 |
6 |
16 |
2 |
| 16 | Ben Gregg |
2723 |
-3021 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| 17 | Sam Hafertepe Jr. |
2081 |
-3663 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
0 |
| 18 | Daryn Pittman |
1672 |
-4072 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
| 19 | Lance Dewease |
1442 |
-4302 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
| 20 | Jessica Zemken |
1400 |
-4344 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
at a Glance:
“Great Northern Tour” kicks off at River Cities Speedway and Huset’s
Speedway
Local racer Mark Dobmeier #13 of Grand Forks, ND will be looking for more success against the World of Outlaws after his win on night two, of the Knoxville Nationals last week.
By Kyle Luetters / 2011 file photo by Tim Johnson
CONCORD, N.C. — Aug. 14, 2011
— North Dakota’s Donny Schatz will ride the momentum from his 51stGoodyear
Knoxville Nationals championship into World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
events at River Cities Speedway on Friday, Aug. 19, in Grand Forks, N.D.,
and Huset’s Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 20, in Brandon, S.D., to launch the
Great Northern Tour, which also includes races on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at Black
Hills Speedway in Rapid City, S.D., and Aug. 26-27 at Castrol Raceway in
Edmonton, Alberta.
WHEN
Friday, Aug. 19 at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D. Hot Laps begin
at 6:30 p.m. and racing kicks off at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 20 at Huset’s Speedway outside of Sioux Falls, S.D. Gates
open at 5:00 p.m. with racing action beginning at 7:00 p.m.
WHERE
River Cities Speedway is located at 1928 8th St. SE, Grand Forks, N.D. Click
here for directions.
Husets Speedway is located on I-80 in between Brandon, S.D. and Sioux Falls,
S.D. Click here for directions.
TICKETS
Tickets for all of the events on the Great Northern Tour can be purchased by
clicking www.SLSPromotions.com or
by calling 815-344-2023
ON THE INTERNET
World of Outlaws —
http://www.WorldofOutlaws.com
River Cities Speedway –
http://www.RiverCitiesSpeedway.com
Dirt Radio Network —
http://www.DIRTVision.com
ABOUT THE TRACK
River Cities Speedway is a high banked, four-tenths mile oval. The track
record of 9.269 seconds at 116.517 mph wasestablished by Jason Meyers on
August 21, 2009
PREVIOUS WINNERS
World of Outlaws A-Feature winners at River Cities Speedway
2011- Craig Dollansky on June 17, Craig Dollansky on June 18
2010- Steve Kinser on June 19, Joey Saldana on June 20
2009- Donny Schatz on June 19, Craig Dollansky on August 21
2008- Donny Schatz on June 27
2007- Joey Saldana on June 29
THREE-TENTHS MILE WINNERS
River Cities Speedway is a three-tenths mile oval. So far in 2011, there has
been two races on a track that size. The winners include: Craig Dollansky –
2(River Cities Speedway on June 17 and 18.)
THREE-EIGHTH MILE WINNERS
Huset’s Speedway is a high banked, three-eighths mile oval. So far in 2011,
the Outlaws have raced seven times on a track that size. The winners
include: Craig Dollansky – 1(Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3) Steve
Kinser – 1(Pike County Speedway on Feb 25) Sammy Swindell – 1 (Royal Purple
Raceway on Feb. 26)
DRIVER WEB SITES
The following World of Outlaws drivers maintain Web sites:
Cody Darrah- http://www.codydarrah.com
Craig Dollansky-http://www.dollanskyracing.com
Chad Kemenah-http://www.chadkemenah.com
Kraig Kinser- http://www.kraigkinser.com
Steve Kinser- http://www.stevekinser.com
Paul McMahan- http://www.paulmcmahanracing.com
Jason Meyers- http://www.eliteracing.net
Bill Rose – http://www.roseracing.com
Joey Saldana- http://www.joeysaldana.com
Donny Schatz- http://www.donnyschatz.com
Jason Sides- http://www.sidesmotorsports.com
Lucas Wolfe- http://www.lucaswolfe.com
For more driver information visit: www.WorldofOutlaws.com
NEWS & NOTES
Feature winners : There have been 42 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
A-Feature events in 2011. The winners include: Craig Dollansky - 7(Silver
Dollar Speedway on March 12, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3, River
Cities Speedway on June 17 and 18, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 1,
Lebanon Valley Speedway on July 24, I-55 Raceway on August 6); Steve Kinser
- 5 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 11 and 12, Pike County Raceway on Feb.
25, the Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Lakeside Speedway on June
4);Donny Schatz – 5(Attica Raceway Park on May 20, Princeton Speedway on
June 25, Limaland Motorsports Park on July 13, Bloomington Speedway on
August 5, Knoxville Raceway on August 13); Joey Saldana - 4(Las Vegas Motor
Speedway on March 3, Thunderbowl Raceway on March 19, Eldora Speedway on May
8, Beaver Dam Raceway on July 9); Jason Sides - 4 (Volusia Speedway Park on
Feb. 13, Calistoga Speedway on April 2, I-96 Speedway on May 30, Dodge City
Raceway Park on July 2); Sammy Swindell - 4 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb.
26, Merced Speedway on April 1, Tri-State Speedway on April 30, Knoxville
Raceway on June 11); Paul McMahan – 3(the Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 28,
Belleville Highbanks on June 3, Brockville-Ontario Speedway on July
29);Jason Meyers – 3 (Cedar Lake Speedway on July 8, Williams Grove Speedway
on July 23, Autodrome Drummond on July 30); Tim Shaffer – 2 (Eldora Speedway
on July 15, Lerneville Speedway on July 19); Dale Blaney – 1(Lernerville
Speedway on July 19);Greg Hodnett – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on July 22);
Daryn Pittman – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 13); Tony Stewart – 1 (Ohsweken
Speedway on July 27); Tyler Walker – 1(Eldora Speedway on July 16.)
Tune in: Listen live as the Voice of the Outlaws, Johnny Gibson, calls the
action at all World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series events on the DIRT Radio
Network, with a number of events throughout the season being featured on the
DIRTVision Cybercast. Visit http://www.DIRTVision.com for more information
on all the features, including updated results from each night of racing as
well as a chat room to interact with other fans listening to the racing
action. Also, be sure to check out the all new official Podcast of the World
of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, Outlaws Unleashed, in the iTunes store or at
http://www.WorldofOutlaws.com
On the Web: The all new Official World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Web site
is at http://www.WorldofOutlaws.comand includes driver biographies with
statistics and pictures, race-by-race stats, detailed track information and
race coverage, series news and team press releases.
Up next: Following this weekend, “The Greatest Show on Dirt” will head to
Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, S.D. on Tuesday, August 23 and then to
Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
2011 STAT ATTACK
There have been 42 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events this
season.
A-Feature winners (13 Different Drivers)
Driver, Hometown - Wins
1- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. – 7
2- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Ind. – 5
Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. – 5
5- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind. – 4
Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tenn. – 4
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. – 4
8- Paul McMahan, Elk Grove, Calif. -3
Jason Meyers, Clovis, Calif. – 3
9 -Tim Shaffer, Alquippa, Pa. – 2
10-Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio – 1
Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, Pa. – 1
Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Okla. – 1
Tony Stewart, Rushville, Ind. – 1
Tyler Walker, Los Angeles, Calif. – 1
Total laps led (28 Different Drivers)
Lap leaders, Driver, Hometown
1- Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. - 211 laps
2- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. – 182laps
3- Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. – 144 laps
4- Jason Meyers, Clovis, Calif. – 131 laps
5- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Ind. – 114 laps
6- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind. – 112 laps
7- Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tenn. – 95 laps
8- Paul McMahan, Elk Grove, Calif. – 51 laps
9- Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, Calif. – 35 laps
10- Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pa. - 31 laps
11- Dale Blaney, Hartford, Ohio – 30 laps
12- Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, N.D. – 27 laps
13- Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pa. - 31 laps
14 - Bill Rose, Plainfield, Ind. – 25 laps
15- Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, Calif. – 31 laps
16- Brian Brown, Grain Valley, Mo. – 21 laps
Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, Pa. – 21 laps
Kerry Madsen, St. Marys NSW – 21 laps
Tony Stewart, Rushville, Ind. – 21 laps
20- Tim Shaffer, Alquippa, Pa. – 17 laps
21- Danny Smith, Danville, Ind. – 13 laps
22- Cody Darrah, Red Lion, Pa. - 12 laps
23- Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, Okla. – 12 laps
24 - Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio - 10 laps
25- Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunny Vale, Tex.
26- Brian Leppo, Camp Hill, Pa. – 7 laps
Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Okla. – 7 laps
28- Tyler Walker, Los Angeles, Calif. – 1 lap
Time Trial leaders (13 Different Drivers)
Rank - Driver, Hometown - Quick times
1- Paul McMahan, Nashville, Tenn. - 9
2- Jason Meyers, Clovis, Calif. – 6
3- Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind. – 5
4- Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio – 4
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. – 4
6- Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tenn. –3
7- Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. – 2
Tim Shaffer, Alquippa, Penn. – 2
9- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. - 1
Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Ind. - 1
Brian Leppo, Camp Hill, Penn. – 1
Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, Okla. – 1
Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, Calif. – 1
Pole Positions (24 Different Drivers)
Rank - Driver, Hometown - Poles
1- Jason Meyers, Clovis,
Calif. – 5
2- Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. – 4
3- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Ind. - 3
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind. – 3
Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tenn. – 3
6- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. – 2
Danny Lasoski, Dover, Mo. – 2
Bill Rose, Plainfield, Ind. – 2
Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. – 2
10- Brian Brown , Grain Valley, Mo. – 1
Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, N.D. – 1
David Gravel, Watertown, Conn. - 1
Phil Gressman, Helena, Ohio – 1
Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, Texas – 1
Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio. - 1
Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, Ind. - 1
Tim Kaeding, San Jose, Calif. - 1
Kasey Kahne, Enumclaw, Wash. – 1
Kerry Madsen , St.Mary’s NSW – 1
Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa - 1
Paul McMahan, Elk Grove, Calif. - 1
Tim Shaffer, Alquippa, Penn. – 1
Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, Okla. – 1
Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW – 1
Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pa. - 1
Last Chance Showdown Winners (25 Different Drivers)
Rank - Driver, Hometown - Wins
1- Kraig Kinser, Bloomington,
Ind. - 3
2- Cody Darrah, Red Lion, Pa. - 2
Paul May, Terre Haute, Ind. – 2
Jason Meyers, Clovis, Calif. – 2
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. – 2
6- Zac Blurton, Jetmore, Kan. – 1
Tony Bruce Jr, Liberal, Kan. -1
Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. – 1
Brian Ellenberger, Butler, Pa. - 1
David Gravel, Watertown, Conn. – 1
Ben Gregg, Glendale, Ariz. – 1
Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio - 1
Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN – 1
Bud Kaeding, Campbell, Calif. -1
Kasey Kahne, Enumclaw, Wash. – 1
Chad Kemenah, Findley, Ohio – 1
Mikey Kruchka, Hamilton, ONT. – 1
Casey Mack, Grand Forks, N.D. – 1
Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW - 1
Brent Marks, Meyerstown, Penn. – 1
Paul McMahan, Elk Grove, Calif. – 1
Kyle Sauder, Archbold, Ohio – 1
Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tenn. – 1
Josh Schneiderman, W. Burlington, Iowa – 1
Chris Shirek, Thompson, N.D. – 1
Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, Okla. – 1
Dick Spadaro, Altamont, N.Y. – 1
Tommy Tarlton, Fresno, Calif. – 1
Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, Ohio – 1
KSE Hard Charger Award (24 Different Drivers)
Rank - Driver, Hometown - H.C. Awards
1- Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, Penn. – 4
Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. – 4
Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. –4
4- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Ind. – 3
5- Logan Forler, Orting Wash. - 2
Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, Pa. – 2
Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, Calif. – 2
Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW – 2
Jason Meyers, Clovis, Calif. – 2
Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, Ohio – 2
11-Brian Brown, Grain Valley, Mo.
Cody Darrah, Red Lion, Penn. -1
Lance Dewease, Fayetteville Pa. - 1
Danny Dietrich, Aspars, Pa. – 1
Mark Dobmier, Grand Forks, N.D. – 1
Kyle Fraser, White Lake, Ont. – 1
Tim Kaeding, San Jose, Calif. – 1
Paul McMahan, Elk Grove, Calif. – 1
Jim Nier, Piketon, Ohio – 1
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind. – 1
Shane Stewart, Bixby, Okla. – 1
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. -1
Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW – 1
Austin Wheatley, Lake Stevens, Washington – 1
Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, Ohio – 2
2011 World of Outlaws Schedule & Winners
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location/Winner (Number of Win(s) in 2011)
1. / Friday, February 11 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Steve
Kinser (1)
2. / Saturday, February 12 / Volusia Speedway Park/ Barberville, FL / Steve
Kinser (2)
3. / Sunday, February 13 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Jason
Sides (1)
4. / Friday, February 25/ Pike County Speedway / Magnolia, MS / Steve Kinser
(3)
5. / Saturday, February 26 / Royal Purple Raceway / Baytown, TX / Sammy
Swindell (1)
6. / Wednesday, March 2 / Las Vegas Motorspeedway / Las Vegas, NV / Joey
Saldana (1)
7. / Thursday, March 3 / Las Vegas Motorspeedway / Las Vegas, NV / Steve
Kinser (4)
8. / Saturday, March 12 / Silver Dollar Speedway / Chico, CA / Craig
Dollansky (1)
9. / Saturday, March 19 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / Joey Saldana
(2)
10. / Friday, April 1 / Merced Speedway / Merced, CA / Sammy Swindell (2)
11. / Saturday, April 2 / Calistoga Speedway / Calistoga, CA / Jason Sides
(2)
12. / Saturday, April 30 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN. / Sammy
Swindell (3)
13. / Tuesday, May 3 / Salina Highbanks Speedway / Salina, OK / Craig
Dollansky (2)
14. / Friday, May 6 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Joey Saldana (4)
15. / Friday, May 13 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Daryn
Pittman (1)
16. / Friday, May 20 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Donny Schatz (1)
17. / Saturday, May 28 / Charlotte Motor Speedway Dirt Track / Concord, NC /
Paul McMahan (1)
18. / Monday, May 30 / I-96 Speedway / Lake Odessa, Mich. / Jason Sides (3)
19. / Friday, June 3 / Belleville Highbanks / Belleville, KS / Paul McMahan
(2)
20. / Saturday, June 4 / Lakeside Speedway / Kansas City, KS / Steve Kinser
(5)
21. / Saturday, June 11 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, Iowa / Sammy
Swindell (4)
22. / Friday, June 17 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, North Dakota /
Craig Dollansky (3)
23. / Saturday, June 18 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, North Dakota
/ Craig Dollansky (4)
24. / Saturday, June 25/ Princeton Speedway / Princeton, Minnesota / Donny
Schatz (2)
25. / Friday, July 1 / Dodge City Raceway Park / Dodge City, Kansas / Craig
Dollansky (5)
26. / Saturday, July 2 / Dodge City Raceway Park / Dodge City, Kansas /
Jason Sides (4)
27. / Friday, July 8 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, Wisconsin / Jason
Meyers (1)
28. / Saturday, July 9 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, Wisconsin / Joey
Saldana (4)
29. / Wednesday, July 13 / Limaland Motorsports Park / Lima, Ohio / Donny
Schatz (3)
30. / Friday, July 15 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, Ohio / Tim Shaffer (1)
31. / Saturday, July 16 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, Ohio / Tyler Walker
(1)
32. / Tuesday, July 19 / Lernerville Speedway / Sarver, Pennsylvania / Dale
Blaney (1)
33. / Tuesday, July 19 / Lernerville Speedway / Sarver, Pennsylvania / Tim
Shaffer (2)
34. / Friday, July 22 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg,
Pennsylvania / Greg Hodnett (1)
35. / Saturday, July 23 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg,
Pennsylvania / Jason Meyers (2)
36. / Sunday, July 24 / Lebanon Valley Speedway / West Lebanon Valley, New
York / Craig Dollansky (6)
37. / Wednesday, July 27 / Ohsweken Speedway / Ohsweken, Ontario / Tony
Stewart (1)
38. / Friday, July 29 / Brockville-Ontario Speedway / Brockville, Ontario /
Paul McMahan (3)
39. / Saturday, July 30 / Autodrome Drummond / Drummondville, Quebec / Jason
Meyers (3)
40. / Friday, August 5 / Bloomington Speedway / Bloomington, Indiana / Donny
Schatz (4)
41. / Saturday, August 6 / I-55 Raceway / Pevely, Missouri / Craig Dollansky
(7)
42. / Saturday, August 13 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, Iowa / Donny
Schatz (5)
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Championship
Point Standings, through August 13, 2011
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DONNY KNOXVILLE: Schatz Claims Fifth
Goodyear Knoxville Nationals Crown in Six Years
Gutsy early move to charge past Swindell and Sweet leads to $150,000 payday
By Kyle Luetters
KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Aug. 13,
2011 — Donny Schatz wasted little time finding his way to the front of the
51stGoodyear Knoxville Nationals on Saturday night at historic Knoxville
Raceway. Normally a driver who excels in the latter stages of a race, the
four-time World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion quickly charged from
13thto fifth, then set his sights on the lead of the $150,000-to-win, 50-lap
main event. Schatz Stout at Bloomington from World of Outlaws Sprint Cars on Vimeo.
Schatz struggled through his qualifying night on Wednesday when motor issues
forced his car into the pits, but he was saved by strong time trial and heat
race performances that blunted the effects of his rough time in the A-main.
“I was sweating bullets when I thought were going to have to come through
the Last Chance Showdown after we finished 24thin that main (qualifying
night),” said Schatz, of Fargo, N.D., who drives the Tony Stewart Racing STP/Armor
All/Chevrolet. “Thankfully we had enough points to qualify to start 13th in
Saturday’s show. My car was awesome all night long. The motor, the chassis,
everything was great. The bottom was a place where my car was able to work
really well early on and as the race progressed, I kind of wore out that
line so I had to move up a bit. I’m very lucky to be with great people and I
need to thank the over 1,100 people the signed up for our sign and ride
program. It was really cool to get all of those people into victory lane
tonight.”
Once the green flag flew, Schatz quickly mounted a charge to the front. Lap
by lap, Schatz picked off car after car until a restart on lap 14 gave him
the opportunity to make his move for the lead. Riding the low side, Schatz
made it a three-wide coming down the front stretch underneath front row
starters Sammy Swindell and Brad Sweet. From that point, Schatz held off
hard-charging Oklahomans Daryn Pittman and Shane Stewart, who wound up
second in his third consecutive event during the Goodyear Knoxville
Nationals after being the runner-up in Friday’s Q20 Race of Champions and
the Premier Chevy Dealers World Challenge.
“This guy over here started two rows in front of me and in a few laps, I
couldn’t see him it all,” Stewart said as he motioned towards Schatz at the
post-race press conference. “I looked up at the scoreboard during our first
caution and noticed he was already in the top three. I feel really proud of
our work. My team did a great job and we passed a lot of cars.”
Swindell earned the pole through a strong run on his qualifying day, but
settled for third in the A-main.
“We just weren’t fast enough,” said Swindell, of Germantown, Tenn., who won
the event in 1983. “During the red, we didn’t change much, just put two new
rear tires on and I got a bad restart when we came off of that red. I was
racing really hard towards the end to make up that ground I had lost but I
just didn’t have enough.”
Defending Goodyear Knoxville Nationals Champion Tim Shaffer put on another
excellent display of driving talent as he charged from the 19th starting
position to finish fourth with Pittman finishing in fifth. Outside
pole-sitter Sweet was 8thafter qualifying for his first Goodyear Knoxville
Nationals A-main and led four laps early on. Current World of Outlaws Sprint
Car Series points leader Jason Meyers experienced mechanical woes after
changing gears during the event’s pit stop and finished 22nd.
With the rigs and teams pulling out of the famed half mile oval, they now
set their sights on the ‘Great Northern Tour’ that will see the Outlaws race
Friday, Aug. 19, at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D.; Saturday,
Aug. 20 at Husets Speedway; Tuesday, Aug. 23, at Black Hills Speedway; and
Aug. 26-27 at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta.
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY NOTEBOOK
WINNERS - There have been 42 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature
events in 2011. The winners include: Craig Dollansky – 7(Silver Dollar
Speedway on March 12, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3, River Cities
Speedway on June 17 and 18, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 1, Lebanon
Valley Speedway on July 24, I-55 Raceway on August 6); Steve Kinser – 5
(Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 11 and 12, Pike County Raceway on Feb. 25,
the Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Lakeside Speedway on June 4); Donny
Schatz – 5 (Attica Raceway Park on May 20, Princeton Speedway on June 25,
Limaland Motorsports Park on July 13, Bloomington Speedway on August 5,
Knoxville Raceway on August 13); Sammy Swindell – 4 (Royal Purple Raceway on
Feb. 26, Merced Speedway on April 1, Tri-State Speedway on April 30,
Knoxville Raceway on June 11);Joey Saldana – 4(Las Vegas Motor Speedway on
March 3, Thunderbowl Raceway on March 19, Eldora Speedway on May 6, Beaver
Dam Raceway on July 9); Jason Sides – 4 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13,
Calistoga Speedway on April 2, I-96 Speedway on May 30, Dodge City Raceway
Park on July 2); Paul McMahan – 3(the Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 28,
Belleville Highbanks on June 3, Brockville-Ontario Speedway on July 29);
Jason Meyers – 3 (Cedar Lake Speedway on July 8, Williams Grove Speedway on
July 23, Autodrome Drummond on July 30); Tim Shaffer – 2(Eldora Speedway on
July 15, Lernerville Speedway on July 19); Dale Blaney – 1(Lernerville
Speedway on July 19); Greg Hodnett – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on July 22);
Daryn Pittman – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 13); Tony Stewart –
1(Oshweken Speedway on July 27); Tyler Walker – 1(Eldora Speedway on July
16.)
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World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Knoxville Raceway;
Knoxville, Iowa; Aug. 13, 2011
A main (started), 50 laps: 1. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (13) 2. 57, Shane
Stewart, Bixby, OK (17) 3. 1, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (1) 4. 83x, Tim
Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (19) 5. 27, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (5) 6. 13, Mark
Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (7) 7. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (6) 8. 9,
Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (2) 9. Lance Dewease (24) 10. 7, Craig
Dollansky, Elk River, MN (18) 11. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (20) 12. 83,
Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (16) 13. Stevie Smith (21) 14. 15H, Sam
Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (11) 15. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (14) 16.
11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (8) 17. Don Droud Jr. (23) 18. 56, Davey
Heskin, St. Michael, MN (10) 19. Kraig Kinser (22) 20. 2, Dale Blaney,
Fowler, OH (3) 21. 51, Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, PA (9) 22. 14, Jason
Meyers, Clovis, CA (4) 23. 92, Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (15) 24.
17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (12). Lap Leaders:S. Swindell 1, Sweet 2-5,
S. Swindell 6-14, Schatz 15-27, Pittman 28, Schatz 29-50. KSE Hard
Charger:Shane Stewart (+15)
E-main (started), 10 laps: 1. 96AU, Bruce White, Merrylands West, NSW, Aust.
(2) 2. 19D, Donovan Peterson, Brookings, SD (1) 3. 22H, Randy Hannagan,
Pittsboro, IN (8) 4. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (7) 5. 68, Mike
Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (3) 6. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (6) 7. 19,
Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (5) 8. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (4)
DNS – 7AB, Billy Alley, Bennet, NE, 20PK, Ron Krysl, Atkinson, NE, 23x,
Russel Borland, Kewaskum, WI
D-main (started), 12 laps: 1. 7s, Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN (1) 2. D4, Danny
Holtgraver, Pittsburgh, PA (3) 3. 44w, Austen Wheatley, Lake Stevens, WA (4)
4. 91x, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (12) 5. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO
(8) 6. 02, Mike Reinke, Howards Grove, WI (5) 7. 04, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH
(13) 8. 1K, Chris Shirek, Thompson, ND (6) 9. Robby Wolfgang (19) 10. Randy
Hannagan (27) 11. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (7) 12. 19K, Todd King,
Sheboygan Falls, WI (9) 13. 8, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (15) 14. 45, Mark
Johnson, Des Moines, IA (10) 15. Tasker Phillips (20) 16. Bruce White (14)
17. Donovan Peterson (16) 18. 9N, Wade Nygaard, Grand Forks, ND (11) 19.
Mike Houseman Jr. (18) DQ – 4x, Toni Lutar, White Horse, BC, Can. (2,
crossed 2nd– no scales) DNS – Kevin Ingle, Bob Weuve
C-main (started), 15 laps: 1. 1J, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (2) 2.
83JR, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (4) / 3. 55x, Jason Solwold, Mount Vernon,
WA (3) 4. 18, Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS (1) 5. 17B, Bill Balog, Eau
Claire, WI (7) 6. 5w, Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, PA (10) 7. 1s, Kevin
Swindell, Charlotte, NC (11) 8. 63, Chad Kemenah, Findlay, OH (15) 9. 23w,
Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN (18) 10. 22, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH
(13) 11. Jason Sides (21) 12. 11c, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (16) 13. 29,
Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA (9) 14. Austen Wheatley (22) 15. 1w, Chad Meyer,
Sioux Falls, SD (8) 16. 6H, Danny Heskin, St. Michael, MN (19) 17. 71R, Ryan
Anderson, Deloit, IA (5) 18. 2D, Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls, SD (6) 19. 20E,
Brian Ellenberger, Butler, PA (17) 20. Danny Holtgraver (20) 21. 0, Jonathan
Allard, Chico, CA (14) DNS – 6RX, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL, 6M, Jac
Haudenschild, Wooster, OH.
B-main (started), 22 laps: 1. 1z, Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, OK (3) 2. 6,
Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (2) 3. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (15) 4.
30c, Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA (9) / 5. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie
City, IA (8) 6. 39, Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, PA (14) 7. 4, Danny Smith,
Danville, IN (16) 8. 89G, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (18) 9. 45x, Johnny
Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (12) 10. 2B, Ben Gregg, Glendale, AZ (19) 11. 99,
Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (5) 12. 01, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (17)
13. Bronson Maeschen (21) 14. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (6) 15.
1zz, Jessica Zemken, Sprakers, NY (20) 16. 59, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci,
NSW, Aust,. (4) 17. 28, Ian Madsen, St. Mary's, NSW, Aust. (13) 18. 7x,
Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (10) 19. 35, Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD
(1) 20. Tim Kaeding (22) 21. 14x, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (7) 22. 91,
Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA (11)
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Points Standings through Aug. 13,
2011:
| Pos. | Driver |
Total |
Diff |
W |
T5 |
T10 |
QT |
| 1. | Jason Meyers |
5600 |
3 |
25 |
34 |
6 |
|
| 2. | Donny Schatz |
5548 |
-52 |
4 |
18 |
33 |
2 |
| 3. | Steve Kinser |
5495 |
-105 |
5 |
18 |
32 |
1 |
| 4. | Craig Dollansky |
5393 |
-207 |
7 |
18 |
28 |
1 |
| 5. | Paul McMahan |
5360 |
-240 |
3 |
12 |
27 |
9 |
| 6. | Jason Sides |
5325 |
-275 |
4 |
14 |
27 |
3 |
| 7. | Cody Darrah |
4990 |
-610 |
0 |
5 |
14 |
0 |
| 8. | Lucas Wolfe |
4984 |
-616 |
0 |
5 |
15 |
0 |
| 9. | Joey Saldana |
4953 |
-647 |
4 |
16 |
23 |
5 |
| 10. | Chad Kemenah |
4936 |
-664 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
| 11. | Kraig Kinser |
4872 |
-728 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
| 12. | Sammy Swindell |
4800 |
-800 |
4 |
15 |
22 |
4 |
| 13. | Bill Rose |
4526 |
-1074 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
| 14. | Kerry Madsen |
3317 |
-2283 |
0 |
4 |
11 |
0 |
| 15. | Brad Sweet |
3023 |
-2577 |
0 |
5 |
13 |
2 |
| 16. | Ben Gregg |
2723 |
-2877 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 17. | Sam Hafertepe Jr. |
1951 |
-3649 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
| 18. | Daryn Pittman |
1672 |
-3928 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
| 19. | Lance Dewease |
1442 |
-4158 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| 20. | Jessica Zemken |
1400 |
-4200 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country
by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car
Care Products), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), Goodyear Tires (Official
Tire), Chizmark & Larson Insurance , Factory Motor Parts, VP Racing
(Official Racing Fuel), Vicci (Official Apparel); in addition to contingency
sponsors, Jake's Custom Golf Carts, RacingJunk.com KSE Race Products, Racing
Electronics, S&S Volvo and R2C Performance; Engine Builder's Challenge
participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and
Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder's Challenge participants J&J Auto
Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.
Lucas Wolfe, Tim Shaffer, Kevin
Swindell Take Center Stage in Final Tune-Up for 51st Goodyear Knoxville
Nationals
Sammy Swindell, Brad Sweet comprise front row for $150,000-to-win A-main
By Kyle Luetters
KNOXVILLE, Iowa. — Aug. 12,
2011 — Lucas Wolfe is still chasing the first points-paying victory in his
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series career, but on Friday night at Knoxville
Raceway he dominated the best drivers in the world by winning the Premier
Chevy Dealers Knoxville World Challenge, the third of three feature events
during the night before the focus quickly turns to Saturday’s 51stGoodyear
Knoxville Nationals $150,000-to-win A-main.
Wolfe, a Mechanicsburg, Pa. native, has been heating up on the World of
Outlaws circuit lately, but a victory at Knoxville during the biggest week
in Sprint Car racing certainly brought a smile to the series top rookie in
2008.
“This was the most money I’ve ever won in one event,” said Wolfe, who
pocketed $10,000 for the win.
Wolfe wasn’t the only winner on the night. Defending Knoxville Nationals
champion Tim Shaffer claimed the inaugural Q20 Race of Champions, the second
feature Friday night, while Kevin Swindell kicked the night off by capturing
the A-main for drivers outside the Top 50 in qualifying points earned during
Wednesday’s and Thursday’s programs.
One of the most impressive performances of the night belonged to Shane
Stewart, who finished second in the World Challenge and the Race of
Champions.
The stage is now set for the glitz, glamour and grandeur of the 51stGoodyear
Knoxville Nationals on Saturday night. Sammy Swindell will be on the pole
while Brad Sweet, filling in for injured Joey Saldana at Kasey Kahne Racing,
will start on the outside of the front row.
Among the drivers already locked into the 50-lap A-main are defending World
of Outlaws champion Jason Meyers (starting fourth), 12-time Goodyear
Knoxville Nationals champion Steve Kinser (starting eighth), four-time
Knoxville and World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz (starting 13th),
leading World of Outlaws qualifier Paul McMahan (starting 16th) and the
World of Outlaws driver with the most wins this season, Craig Dollansky
(starting 18th).
“You get an extra set of butterflies in your stomach as you go four wide
here,” said Donny Schatz, who won the Goodyear Knoxville Nationals every
year from 2006 through 2009. “You can hear the roar of the crowd over your
own engine. It’s a feeling that is so indescribable that you have to be here
to experience it for yourself.”
Schatz’s Knoxville streak is impressive, but Steve Kinser’s 12 titles are
still the benchmark when it comes to most prestigious Sprint Car event in
the world.
“It’s our biggest race and the biggest pay day,” said Kinser, the 20-time
World of Outlaws champion from Bloomington, Ind. “Donny talked about going
four wide to salute the fans here. I think it’s on par with the parade lap
before the Indianapolis 500.”
Kinser and Schatz raced their way in on the first of two qualifying nights
that saw Sammy Swindell take the checkers after a spirited battle with Davey
Heskin. On the second qualifying night, it was Mark Dobmeier who was the
last man standing when the dust settled, having passed Jason Meyers with 11
laps to go.
WINNERS - There have been 40 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature
events in 2011. The winners include: Craig Dollansky – 7(Silver Dollar
Speedway on March 12, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3, River Cities
Speedway on June 17 and 18, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 1, Lebanon
Valley Speedway on July 24, I-55 Raceway on Aug. 6); Steve Kinser – 5
(Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 11 and 12, Pike County Raceway on Feb. 25,
the Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Lakeside Speedway on June 4); Sammy
Swindell – 4 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 26, Merced Speedway on April 1,
Tri-State Speedway on April 30, Knoxville Raceway on June 11);Joey Saldana –
4(Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3, Thunderbowl Raceway on March 19,
Eldora Speedway on May 6, Beaver Dam Raceway on July 9); Donny Schatz – 4
(Attica Raceway Park on May 20, Princeton Speedway on June 25, Limaland
Motorsports Park on July 13, Bloomington Speedway on August 5); Jason Sides
– 4 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Calistoga Speedway on April 2, I-96
Speedway on May 30, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 2); Paul McMahan – 3(the
Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 28, Belleville Highbanks on June 3,
Brockville-Ontario Speedway on July 29); Jason Meyers – 3 (Cedar Lake
Speedway on July 8, Williams Grove Speedway on July 23, Autodrome Drummond
on July 30); Tim Shaffer – 2(Eldora Speedway on July 15, Lernerville
Speedway on July 19); Dale Blaney – 1(Lernerville Speedway on July 19); Greg
Hodnett – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on July 22); Daryn Pittman – 1
(Williams Grove Speedway on May 13); Tony Stewart – 1(Oshweken Speedway on
July 27); Tyler Walker – 1(Eldora Speedway on July 16.)
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World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Knoxville (Iowa)
Raceway; Aug. 12, 2011
Semi-Feature 1, 15 laps: 1. Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville OH; 2. Roger Crockett,
Medford OR; 3. Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg PA; 4. Danny Lasoski, Dover MO; 5.
Danny Heskin, St. Michael MN; 6. Austen Wheatley, Lake Stevens WA; 7. Brian
Ellenberger, Butler PA; 8. Chris Shirek, Thompson ND; 9. Mike Moore, Des
Moines IA; 10. Marty Perovich, Denham Court, NSW, A ; 11. Toni Lutar, White
Rock, BC, Can. ; 12. Ricky Logan, Little Rock AR; 13. Wade Nygaard, Grand
Forks ND; 14. Mark Johnson, Des Moines IA; 15. Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls SD;
16. Billy Alley, Bennet NE; 17. Bruce White, Merrylands West, NSW, Aust. ;
18. Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines IA; 19. Bob Weuve, Newton IA; 20. Robby
Wolfgang, Sioux Falls SD;
Semi-Feature 2, 15 laps: 1. Kevin Swindell, Charlotte NC; 2. Chad Kemenah,
Findlay OH; 3. Jonathan Allard, Chico CA; 4. Jac Haudenschild, Wooster OH;
5. Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo PA; 6. Jason Sides, Bartlett TN; 7. Danny Holtgraver,
Pittsburgh PA; 8. Scott Winters, Butterfield MN; 9. Mike Reinke, Howards
Grove WI; 10. Seth Bergman, Snohomish WA; 11. Brian Montieth, Phoenixville
PA; 12. Todd King, Sheboygan Falls WI; 13. Bill Rose, Plainfield IN; 14. Cap
Henry, Bellevue OH; 15. Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL; 16. Donovan Peterson,
Brookings SD; 17. Ron Krysl, Atkinson NE; 18. Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville
IA; 19. Kevin Ingle, Huron SD; 20. Russel Borland, Kewaskum WI;
A Feature, 20 laps: 1. Kevin Swindell, Charlotte NC; 2. Lucas Wolfe,
Mechanicsburg PA; 3. Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville OH; 4. Jac Haudenschild,
Wooster OH; 5. Chad Kemenah, Findlay OH; 6. Jonathan Allard, Chico CA; 7.
Brian Ellenberger, Butler PA; 8. Roger Crockett, Medford OR; 9. Danny Heskin,
St. Michael MN; 10. Scott Winters, Butterfield MN; 11. Jason Sides, Bartlett
TN; 12. Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo PA; 13. Danny Holtgraver, Pittsburgh PA; 14.
Toni Lutar, White Rock, BC, Can. ; 15. Mike Reinke, Howards Grove WI; 16.
Austen Wheatley, Lake Stevens WA; 17. Mike Moore, Des Moines IA; 18. Chris
Shirek, Thompson ND; 19. Todd King, Sheboygan Falls WI; 20. Brian Montieth,
Phoenixville PA; 21. Marty Perovich, Denham Court, NSW, A ; 22. Danny
Lasoski, Dover MO; 23. Ricky Logan, Little Rock AR; 24. Seth Bergman,
Snohomish WA;
Q20 Race of Champions, 25 laps: 1. Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa PA; 2. Shane
Stewart, Bixby OK; 3. Kraig Kinser, Bloomington IN; 4. Jason Meyers, Clovis
CA; 5. Sammy Swindell, Germantown TN; 6. Donny Schatz, Fargo ND; 7. Lynton
Jeffrey, Prairie City IA; 8. Danny Holtgraver, Pittsburgh PA; 9. Greg
Hodnett, Thomasville PA; 10. Danny Lasoski, Dover MO; 11. Steve Kinser,
Bloomington IN; 12. Terry McCarl, Altoona IA; 13. Chris Shirek, Thompson ND;
14. Bill Balog, Eau Claire WI; 15. Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque NM; 16. Brian
Brown, Grain Valley MO; 17. Wade Nygaard, Grand Forks ND; 18. Jonathan
Allard, Chico CA; 19. Brian Montieth, Phoenixville PA; 20. Billy Alley,
Bennet NE; 21. Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aus ;
World Challenge, 20 laps: 1. Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg PA; 2. Shane
Stewart, Bixby OK; 3. Jason Sides, Bartlett TN; 4. Jason Johnson, Eunice LA;
5. Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City IA; 6. Sammy Swindell, Germantown TN; 7.
Jason Meyers, Clovis CA; 8. Jonathan Allard, Chico CA; 9. Ian Madsen, St.
Marys, NSW, Aust ; 10. Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aus ; 11. Toni Lutar,
White Rock, BC, Can. ; 12. Marty Perovich, Denham Court, NSW, A ; 13. Bruce
White, Merrylands West, NSW, Aust. ; 14. Ricky Logan, Little Rock AR; 15.
Craig Dollansky, Elk River MN; 16. Cody Darrah, Red Lion PA; 17. Kerry
Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aus ;
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The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country
by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car
Care Products), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), Goodyear Tires (Official
Tire), Chizmark & Larson Insurance , Factory Motor Parts, VP Racing
(Official Racing Fuel), Vicci (Official Apparel); in addition to contingency
sponsors, Jake's Custom Golf Carts, RacingJunk.com KSE Race Products, Racing
Electronics, S&S Volvo and R2C Performance; Engine Builder's Challenge
participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and
Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder's Challenge participants J&J Auto
Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.
Dobmeier Captures Goodyear Knoxville
Nationals Qualifying Victory
North Dakota racer edges Meyers for win; Sammy Swindell tops overall points
By Kyle Luetters
KNOXVILLE, Iowa. — Aug. 11,
2011 — Mark Dobmeier knew he let one World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
victory slip away earlier this year at Princeton (Minn.) Speedway and he
wasn’t about to let Thursday night’s Goodyear Knoxville Nationals qualifying
event get away from him, too. Dobmeier Closes Out Qualifying Nights with Win from World of Outlaws Sprint Cars on Vimeo.
Dobmeier charged past World of Outlaws champion Jason Meyers on Lap 14 and
held him off for the victory, putting himself solidly into the field when
the green flag falls on Saturday night’s $150,000 to win main event.
“Wow, I can’t believe we’ve gotten here,” said Dobmeier, of Grand Forks,
N.D. “We feel like we’ve gotten this place figured out here in recent weeks
and this positioned us well for Saturday night. I let one win get away from
me by picking the wrong line at Princeton. We’re pumped about this and the
car worked really well al night long.”
Meyers led for the majority of the 25-lap event, the second of two
qualifying nights for the 51strunning of the Knoxville Nationals, but
Dobmeier was able to get past Meyers on the outside with 11 laps to go.
Meyers held on for second in his specially designed AllStar Performance KPC
with local favorite Brian Brown finishing third.
“I lost track of Mark a little bit towards the end of the race,” said
Meyers, of Clovis, Calif., who spent Wednesday night and part of Thursday at
a local hospital receiving intravenous fluids to combat the flu. “I knew he
was coming and had a fast race car. This entire crew gave me another great
car.”
Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year contender Cody Darrah was the night’s
fastest qualifier, but he wasn’t able to transfer out of the Last Chance
Showdown on a night when 54 cars were signed in to race. Williams Grove
track champion Lance Dewease finished fourth in the A-main with Jason
Johnson, of Eunice, La., rounding out the Top 5.
Overall through two qualifying nights at Knoxville, Sammy Swindell is atop
the points chart with Brad Sweet, Dale Blaney, Meyers and Daryn Pittman
rounding out the Top 5 in points. Steve Kinser is eighth while Donny Schatz
is 13thand defending champion Tim Shaffer is 19th.
KNOXVILLE NOTES
WINNERS — There have been 40 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature
events in 2011. The winners include: Craig Dollansky – 6(Silver Dollar
Speedway on March 12, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3, River Cities
Speedway on June 17 and 18, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 1, Lebanon
Valley Speedway on July 24); Steve Kinser – 5 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb.
11 and 12, Pike County Raceway on Feb. 25, the Dirt Track at Las Vegas on
March 4, Lakeside Speedway on June 4); Sammy Swindell – 4 (Royal Purple
Raceway on Feb. 26, Merced Speedway on April 1, Tri-State Speedway on April
30, Knoxville Raceway on June 11);Joey Saldana – 4(Las Vegas Motor Speedway
on March 3, Thunderbowl Raceway on March 19, Eldora Speedway on May 6,
Beaver Dam Raceway on July 9); Donny Schatz – 4 (Attica Raceway Park on May
20, Princeton Speedway on June 25, Limaland Motorsports Park on July 13,
Bloomington Speedway on August 5); Jason Sides – 4 (Volusia Speedway Park on
Feb. 13, Calistoga Speedway on April 2, I-96 Speedway on May 30, Dodge City
Raceway Park on July 2); Paul McMahan – 3(the Dirt Track at Charlotte on May
28, Belleville Highbanks on June 3, Brockville-Ontario Speedway on July 29);
Jason Meyers – 3 (Cedar Lake Speedway on July 8, Williams Grove Speedway on
July 23, Autodrome Drummond on July 30); Tim Shaffer – 2(Eldora Speedway on
July 15, Lernerville Speedway on July 19); Dale Blaney – 1(Lernerville
Speedway on July 19); Greg Hodnett – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on July 22);
Daryn Pittman – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 13); Tony Stewart –
1(Oshweken Speedway on July 27); Tyler Walker – 1(Eldora Speedway on July
16.)
KEMENAH UPDATE – Chad Kemenah, driver of the #63 Golden Flavor Sesame Sticks
Maxim, was involved a vicious accident during his heat race Wednesday at the
51 stGoodyear Knoxville Nationals. Kemenah returned to the track for
Thursday night as a spectator. “I’m doing alright,” said Kemenah, of
Findley, Ohio. “Just a little bit stiff and sore but we’ll be good to go.
Adam (Brough) and a few guys got the car back together so we should be good
to go for the rest of the week.”
QUALIFYING – Cody Darrah was the quickest driver in Time Trials with a lap
of 15.152 seconds around the half mile oval. Dale Blaney, Daryn Pittman,
Jessica Zemken and Paul McMahan also qualified in the top 5. It completed a
sweep of quick time awards for Kasey Kahne Racing as Brad Sweet, who is
filling in for injured Joey Saldana in the KKR #9 Red Bull Maxim, set quick
time on opening night.
WE’RE ONLINE – Make sure to check out the all-new WorldofOutlaws.com for the
latest news and results, plus exclusive driver interviews, video and
pictures. Also listen to every event live at DIRTVision.com .
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Knoxville (Iowa)
Raceway; Aug. 11, 2011
A main (25 laps): 1. Mark Dobmeier (4) 2. Jason Meyers (5) 3. Brian Brown
(6) 4. Lance Dewease (17) 5. Jason Johnson (24) 6. Dale Blaney (8) 7. Brooke
Tatnell (10) 8. Kraig Kinser (12) 9. Daryn Pittman (7) 10. Justin Henderson
(9) 11. Kerry Madsen (23) 12. Terry McCarl (3) 13. Stevie Smith (2) 14. Paul
McMahan (21) 15. Ian Madsen (11) 16. Ben Gregg (14) 17. Craig Dollansky (22)
18. Jason Solwold (15) 19. Roger Crockett (16) 20. Billy Alley (20) 21. Seth
Bergman (18) 22. Ricky Logan (19) 23. Bill Balog (13) DNS - 24. Wayne
Johnson (1). Lap Leaders: Terry McCarl 1, Jason Meyers 2-13, Mark Dobmeier
14-25.
Time Trials (Qualifying Order, 2 laps): 1. 91, Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA (2)
15.153; 2. 2, Dale Blaney, Fowler, OH (5) 15.350; 3. 27, Daryn Pittman,
Owasso, OK (13) 15.390; 4. 1zz, Jessica Zemken, Sprakers, NY (12) 15.434; 5.
83, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (46) 15.451; 6. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk
River, MN (47) 15.452; 7. 92, Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (41)
15.455; 8. 39, Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, PA (10) 15.470; 9. 21, Brian
Brown, Grain Valley, MO (52) 15.474; 10. 14, Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA (7)
15.509; 11. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (28) 15.513; 12. 22H, Randy
Hannagan, Pittsboro, IN (21) 15.523; 13. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (33)
15.526; 14. 22, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (4) 15.538; 15. 83JR, Tim
Kaeding, San Jose, CA (17) 15.558; 16. 2L, Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo, PA (34)
15.576; 17. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (43) 15.582; 18. 41, Jason
Johnson, Eunice, LA (3) 15.584; 19. 1z, Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, OK (42)
15.588; 20. 6M, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (50) 15.600; 21. 01, Wayne
Johnson, Knoxville, IA (22) 15.601; 22. 35, Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls,
SD (18) 15.615; 23. 04, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (39) 15.624; 24. 91x, Dusty
Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (14) 15.628; 25. 59, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW,
Aust. (26) 15.653; 26. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (6) 15.654; 27. 28, Ian
Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (36) 15.665; 28. 6, Kraig Kinser,
Bloomington, IN (1) 15.698; 29. 17B, Bill Balog, Eau Claire, WI (53) 15.727;
30. 2M, Dustin Daggett, Portland, MI (25) 15.733; 31. 2B, Ben Gregg,
Glendale, AZ (27) 15.775; 32. 55x, Jason Solwold, Mount Vernon, WA (44)
15.787; 33. 6H, Danny Heskin, St. Michael, MN (37) 15.798; 34. 23w, Scott
Winters, Butterfield, MN (23) 15.833; 35. 11c, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR
(40) 15.834; 36. 30c, Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA (50) 15.837; 37. D4,
Danny Holtgraver, Pittsburgh, PA (45) 15.842; 38. 23, Seth Bergman,
Snohomish, WA (35) 15.857; 39. 10P, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR (32)
15.859; 40. 7AB, Billy Alley, Bennet, NE (16) 15.888; 41. 7K, Robby
Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (38) 15.897; 42. 53, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE
(48) 15.910; 43. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (9) 15.923; 44.
8, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (15) 16.131; 45. 19D, Donovan Peterson,
Brookings, SD (11) 16.145; 46. 17x, Marty Perovich, Denham Court, NSW, Aust.
(49) 16.210; 47. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (31) 16.270; 48. 21M,
Brian Montieth, Phoenixville, PA (54) 16.280; 49. 56JC, Johnn Cressman,
Sioux Falls, SD (29) 16.389; 50. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (19)
16.390; / 51. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (20) 16.490; 52. 1K,
Chris Shirek, Thompson, ND (30) 16.791; 53. 23x, Russel Borland, Kewaskum,
WI (8) 16.889; 54. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (24) NT.
Heat 1 (10 laps): 1. Lance Dewease (1) 2. Ben Gregg (2) 3. Wayne Johnson (4)
4. Mark Dobmeier (6) / 5. Danny Lasoski (3) 6. Craig Dollansky (7) 7. Ed
Lynch Jr. (5) 8. Cody Darrah (8) / 9. Marty Perovich (10) 10. Robby Wolfgang
(9)
Heat 2 (10 laps): 1. Jason Solwold (2) 2. Justin Henderson (4) 3. Ian Madsen
(3) 4. Dale Blaney (8) / 5. Danny Holtgraver (1) 6. Kevin Swindell (5) 7.
Kerry Madsen (7) 8. Randy Hannagan (6) / 9. Jack Dover (9) 10. Greg Wilson
(10)
Heat 3 (10 laps): 1. Kraig Kinser (3) 2. Terry McCarl (6) 3. Daryn Pittman
(8) 4. Seth Bergman (1) / 5. Danny Heskin (2) 6. Greg Hodnett (7) 7. Jason
Johnson (5) 8. Brian Montieth (10) / 9. Josh Schneiderman (9) 10. Cap Henry
(4)
Heat 4 (10 laps): 1. Ricky Logan (1) 2. Bill Balog (3) 3. Brian Brown (7) 4.
Stevie Smith (5) / 5. Scott Winters (2) 6. Dusty Zomer (4) 7. Kenny Jacobs
(6) 8. Jessica Zemken (8) / 9. Kaley Gharst (9) 10. Johnn Cressman (10)
Heat 5 (10 laps): 1. Billy Alley (1) 2. Jason Meyers (7) 3. Roger Crockett
(2) 4. Brooke Tatnell (4) / 5. Jac Haudenschild (5) 6. Tim Kaeding (6) 7.
Paul McMahan (8) 8. Dustin Daggett (3) / 9. Mark Johnson (10) 10. Donovan
Peterson (9)
C-main (10 laps): 1. Cap Henry (1) 2. Robby Wolfgang (2) / 3. Kaley Gharst
(5) 4. Tasker Phillips (9) 5. Josh Schneiderman (4) 6. Chris Shirek (12) 7.
Greg Wilson (8) 8. Mark Johnson (10) 9. Marty Perovich (7) 10. Russel
Borland (11) 11. Jack Dover (3) 12. Donovan Peterson (6) DNS – John Cressman,
Bob Weuve
B-main (12 laps): 1. Paul McMahan (3) 2. Craig Dollansky (4) 3. Kerry Madsen
(5) 4. Jason Johnson (12) / 5. Greg Hodnett (6) 6. Tim Kaeding (9) 7. Cody
Darrah (1) 8. Kevin Swindell (11) 9. Jac Haudenschild (13) 10. Jessica
Zemken (2) 11. Danny Lasoski (15) 12. Kenny Jacobs (8) 13. Dusty Zomer (14)
14. Randy Hannagan (7) 15. Brian Montieth (20) 16. Scott Winters (18) 17.
Danny Holtgraver (19) 18. Ed Lynch Jr. (10) 19. Cap Henry (21) 20. Danny
Heskin (17) 21. Robby Wolfgang (22) 22. Dustin Daggett (16)
Total Combined Goodyear Knoxville Nationals Points
| Pos. |
Car |
Driver | Hometown | Points |
| 1. |
1 |
Swindell, Sammy | Germantown, TN | 490 |
| 2. |
9 |
Sweet, Brad | Huntersville, NC | 487 |
| 3. |
2 |
Blaney, Dale | Hartford, OH | 479 |
| 4 |
14 |
Meyers, Jason | Scotts Valley, CA | 477 |
| 5 |
27 |
Pittman, Daryn | Pittsboro, IN | 474 |
| 6 |
21 |
Brown, Brian | Grain Valley, MO | 474 |
| 7 |
13 |
Dobmeier, Mark | Grand Forks, ND | 471 |
| 8 |
11 |
Kinser, Steve | Bloomington, IN | 470 |
| 9 |
51 |
Rahmer, Fred | Salfordville, PA | 465 |
| 10 |
56 |
Heskin, Davey | St. Michael, MN | 464 |
| 11 |
15H |
Hafertepe, Jr. | Sam Sunnyvale, TX | 460 |
| 12 |
17A |
McCarl, Austin | Altoona, IA | 457 |
| 13 |
15 |
Schatz, Donny | Fargo, ND | 452 |
| 14 |
55 |
McCarl, Terry | Altoona, IA | 451 |
| 15 |
92 |
Madsen, Kerry | Knoxville, IA | 450 |
| 16 |
83 |
McMahan, Paul | Nashville, TN | 448 |
| 17 |
57 |
Stewart, Shane | Pittsboro, IN | 447 |
| 18 |
7 |
Dollansky, Craig | Princeton, MN | 443 |
| 19 |
83X |
Shaffer, Tim | Aliquippa, PA | 440 |
| 20 |
41 |
Johnson, Jason | Eunice, LA | 440 |
| 21 |
35 |
Henderson, Justin | Speedway, IN | 437 |
| 22 |
6 |
Kinser, Kraig | Bloomington, IN | 432 |
| 23 |
1Z |
Smith, Stevie | Broken Arrow, OK | 431 |
| 24 |
59 |
Tatnell, Brooke | Forest Lake, MN | 431 |
| 25 |
99 |
Bacon, Brady | Sapulpa, OK | 429 |
| 26 |
10 |
Phillips, Rager | Pleasantville, IA | 427 |
| 27 |
14X |
Moughan, Joey | Springfield, IL | 425 |
| 28 |
12 |
Jeffrey, Lynton | Prairie City, IA | 424 |
| 29 |
30C |
Dewease, Lance | Fayetteville, PA | 424 |
| 30 |
7X |
Selvage, Dustin | Indianola, IA | 422 |
| 31 |
91 |
Darrah, Cody | Red Lion, PA | 417 |
| 32 |
45X |
Herrera, Johnny | Albuquerque, NM | 417 |
| 33 |
28 |
Madsen, Ian | St. Marys, NSW, Australia | 414 |
| 34 |
39 |
Hodnett, Greg | Thomasville, PA | 413 |
| 35 |
47 |
Droud, Jr., Don | Lincoln, NE | 412 |
| 36 |
4 |
Smith, Danny | Chillicothe, OH | 412 |
| 37 |
01 |
Johnson, Wayne | Knoxville, IA | 408 |
| 38 |
89G |
Gravel, David | Watertown, CT | 407 |
| 39 |
2B |
Gregg, Ben | Phoenix, AZ | 407 |
| 40 |
1ZZ |
Zemken, Jessica | Sprakers, NY | 405 |
| 41 |
18 |
Bruce, Jr., Tony | Liberal, KS | 405 |
| 42 |
1J |
Maeschen, Bronson | Pleasantville, IA | 404 |
| 43 |
55X |
Solwold, Jason | Burlington, WA | 404 |
| 44 |
6RX |
Bunton, Ryan | Morton, IL | 402 |
| 45 |
71R |
Anderson, Ryan | Deloit, IA | 402 |
| 46 |
83JR |
Kaeding, Tim | Fresno, CA | 397 |
| 47 |
17B |
Balog, Bill | Brookfield, WI | 397 |
| 48 |
2D |
Dobesh, Bryan | Sioux Falls, SD | 394 |
| 49 |
29 |
Kaeding, Bud | Campbell, CA | 393 |
| 50 |
1W |
Meyer, Chad | Harrisburg, SD | 392 |
| 51 |
11C |
Crockett, Roger | Medford, OR | 390 |
| 52 |
1S |
Swindell, Kevin | Charlotte, NC | 389 |
| 53 |
20E |
Ellenberger, Brian | Butler, PA | 389 |
| 54 |
63 |
Kemenah, Chad | Alvada, OH | 384 |
| 55 |
22 |
Jacobs, Kenny | Holmesville, OH | 384 |
| 56 |
6M |
Haudenschild, Jac | Wooster, OH | 384 |
| 57 |
7AB |
Alley, Billy | Bennett, NE | 384 |
| 58 |
0 |
Allard, Jonathan | Chico, CA | 382 |
| 59 |
10P |
Logan, Ricky | Knoxville, IA | 382 |
| 60 |
22H |
Hannagan, Randy | Pittsboro, IN | 381 |
| 61 |
68 |
Houseman, Jr., Mike | Des Moines, IA | 381 |
| 62 |
23 |
Bergman, Seth | Everett, WA | 377 |
| 63 |
69 |
Moore, Mike | East Des Moines, IA | 375 |
| 64 |
7S |
Sides, Jason | Bartlett, TN | 371 |
| 65 |
4X |
Lutar, Toni | Richmond, BC, Canada | 369 |
| 66 |
02 |
Reinke, Mike | Howards Grove, WI | 368 |
| 67 |
17 |
Walker, Tyler | Hermosa Beach, CA | 368 |
| 68 |
2L |
Lynch, Jr., Ed | Apollo, PA | 368 |
| 69 |
33 |
Lasoski, Danny | Higginsville, MO | 368 |
| 70 |
19K |
King, Todd | Sheboygan, WI | 365 |
| 71 |
91X |
Zomer, Dusty | Brandon, SD | 365 |
| 72 |
04 |
Henry, Cap | Bellevue, OH | 343 |
| 73 |
5W |
Wolfe, Lucas | Mechanicsburg, PA | 342 |
| 74 |
23W |
Winters, Scott | Butterfield, MN | 342 |
| 75 |
6H |
Heskin, Danny | St. Michael, MN | 336 |
| 76 |
D4 |
Holtgraver, Danny | Pittsburgh, PA | 334 |
| 77 |
2M |
Daggett, Dustin | Grand Ledge, MI | 329 |
| 78 |
6R |
Rose, Bill | Plainfield, IN | 326 |
| 79 |
9N |
Nygaard, Wade | Grand Forks, ND | 325 |
| 80 |
2K |
Ingle, Kevin | Huron, SD | 321 |
| 81 |
44W |
Wheatley, Austen | Lake Stevens, WA | 319 |
| 82 |
21M |
Montieth, Brian | Phoenixville, PA | 307 |
| 83 |
96AU |
White, Bruce | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 306 |
| 84 |
20PK |
Krysl, Ron | Atkinson, NE | 306 |
| 85 |
7K |
Wolfgang, Robby | Sioux Falls, SD | 303 |
| 86 |
8 |
Gharst, Kaley | Decatur, IL | 286 |
| 87 |
49 |
Schneiderman, Josh | West Burlington, IA | 284 |
| 88 |
2X |
Higday, Josh | Des Moines, IA | 284 |
| 89 |
20 |
Moeller, A.J | Clinton, IA | 280 |
| 90 |
53 |
Dover, Jack | Springfield, NE | 274 |
| 91 |
17X |
Perovich, Marty | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 270 |
| 92 |
W20 |
Wilson, Greg | Benton Ridge, OH | 269 |
| 93 |
45 |
Johnson, Mark | Des Moines, IA | 264 |
| 94 |
19D |
Peterson, Donovan | Brookings, SD | 263 |
| 95 |
56JC |
Cressman, Johnn | Hartford, SD | 253 |
| 96 |
7TAZ |
Phillips, Tasker | Pleasantville, IA | 244 |
| 97 |
1K |
Shirek, Chris | Thompson, ND | 235 |
| 98 |
23X |
Borland, Russel | Kewaskum, WI | 222 |
| 99 |
19 |
Weuve, Bob | Newton, IA | 209 |
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans
across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor
All (Official Car Care Products), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), Goodyear
Tires (Official Tire), Chizmark & Larson Insurance , Factory Motor Parts, VP
Racing (Official Racing Fuel), Vicci (Official Apparel); in addition to
contingency sponsors, Jake's Custom Golf Carts, RacingJunk.com KSE Race
Products, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo and R2C Performance; Engine
Builder's Challenge participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines,
Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder's Challenge
participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.
Swindell Takes Opening Night Victory
at Goodyear Knoxville Nationals
1983 Nationals champ tops points chart after late-race pass of runner-up
Heskin
By Kyle Luetters
KNOXVILLE, Iowa. — Aug. 10,
2011 — Sammy Swindell used a bit of patience and the high groove at
Knoxville Raceway on Wednesday night to blast past Davey Heskin and claim
the opening night feature event at the 51stGoodyear Knoxville Nationals.
Heskin led from the initial green flag and fought off challenges from
pole-sitter Joey Moughan and Kasey Kahne Racing’s Brad Sweet. However, with
five laps to go, Swindell worked his way to the front and held on through a
late race caution to wind up in victory lane on the first of four nights of
racing that culminates with the $150,000-to-win finale on Saturday.
“We got another win in the qualifying night which sets us up pretty good for
the feature on Saturday night,” said Swindell, of Germantown, Tenn. “The car
worked well all over the racetrack but was pretty good up high. We’ve got a
brand new car here and Alan Parker built us a brand new motor so we’re
pretty excited. We just need to hold on and get through Saturday night and
hopefully we’ll be back up here when it’s all said and done.”
The first of two qualifying nights featured some big stars as Swindell, last
year’s Knoxville Nationals champion Tim Shaffer, 20-time World of Outlaws
champion Steve Kinser, four-time World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz and
41 other racers tackled the famed half-mile track. Sweet, of Grass Valley,
Calif., kicked off the night by setting quick time, which is critical with
the Knoxville Nationals format that awards points Saturday’s starting
position every time a driver is on the track.
The A-main capped off an exciting night and featured plenty of drama as
Shaffer and Schatz both experienced engine woes.
Schatz, who also is a four-time Goodyear Knoxville Nationals champion,
wasn’t the only World of Outlaws regular to experience trouble. Jason Sides
never quite got the setup on his machine right and Bill Rose also struggled.
Lucas Wolfe and Chad Kemenah both were moving up in their respective heats
until accidents took both drivers which caused them to miss the night’s
B-main.
The Outlaws are back in action tomorrow night for the second qualifying
night of the 51stGoodyear Knoxville Nationals before the Granddaddy of them
all on Saturday night, the $150,000 to win main event.
WE’RE ONLINE – Make sure to check out the special Goodyear Knoxville
Nationals edition of WorldofOutlaws.com for the latest news and results,
plus exclusive driver interviews, video and pictures. Also listen to every
event live at DIRTVision.com .
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Knoxville (Iowa)
Raceway; Aug. 10, 2011
A-main (25 laps): 1. Sammy Swindell (6); 2. Davey Heskin (2); 3. Brad Sweet
(8); 4. Shane Stewart (24); 5. Steve Kinser (5); 6. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (21);
7. Austin McCarl (3); 8. Fred Rahmer (22); 9. Rager Phillips (11); 10.
Lynton Jeffrey (13); 11. Danny Smith (15); 12. Dustin Selvage (10); 13.
Johnny Herrera (12); 14. Brian Ellenberger (20); 15. Ryan Anderson (18); 16.
Joey Moughan (1); 17. Tony Bruce Jr. (14); 18. Ryan Bunton (16); 19. Mike
Houseman Jr. (19); 20. Tim Shaffer (23); 21. Bryan Dobesh (17); 22. David
Gravel (9); 23. Brady Bacon (4); 24. Donny Schatz (7). Lap Leaders:Heskin
1-20, S. Swindell 21-25.
Time Trials (Qualifying Order, 2 laps): 1. 9, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA
(4) 14.842; 2. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (3) 14.868; 3. 1, Sammy Swindell,
Germantown, TN (10) 14.941; 4. 51, Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, PA (7) 15.001;
5. 63, Chad Kemenah, Findlay, OH (5) 15.022; 6. 83x, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa,
PA (13) 15.077; 7. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (32) 15.141; 8. 47,
Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (1) 15.174; 9. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN
(31) 15.181; 10. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (14) 15.214; 11. 1J,
Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (28) 15.229; 12. 17A, Austin McCarl,
Altoona, IA (38) 15.348; 13. 1w, Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls, SD (16) 15.380;
14. 29, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA (15) 15.383; 15. 56, Davey Heskin, St.
Michael, MN (34) 15.390; 16. 5w, Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, PA (23) 15.400;
17. 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (36) 15.424; 18. 19K, Todd King, Sheboygan
Falls, WI (6) 15.493; 19. 0, Jonathan Allard, Chico, CA (35) 15.497; 20. 69,
Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (8) 15.499; 21. 4x, Toni Lutar, White Rock, BC,
Can. (9) 15.513; 22. 14x, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (2) 15.517; 23. 7s,
Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN (20) 15.517; 24. 02, Mike Reinke, Howards Grove,
WI (12) 15.537; 25. 89G, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (27) 15.559; 26. 7x,
Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (33) 15.559; 27. 17, Tyler Walker, Los
Angeles, CA (43) 15.561; 28. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (17)
15.613; 29. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (42) 15.642; 30. 12, Lynton
Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (25) 15.688; 31. 18, Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS
(44) 15.778; 32. 4, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (22) 15.797; 33. 6RX, Ryan
Bunton, Morton, IL (29) 15.806; 34. 2D, Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls, SD (37)
15.860; 35. 44w, Austen Wheatley, Lake Stevens, WA (18) 15.880; 36. 71R,
Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (41) 15.882; 37. 9N, Wade Nygaard, Grand Forks, ND
(30) 15.947; 38. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (24) 15.991; 39. 20E,
Brian Ellenberger, Butler, PA (45) 16.082; 40. 6R, Bill Rose, Plainfield, IN
(40) 16.100; 41. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (39) 16.297; 42. 96AU, Bruce
White, Merrylands West, NSW, Aust. (19) 16.514; 43. 20PK, Ron Krysl,
Atkinson, NE (26) 17.542; 44. 2x, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (11) NT; 45.
20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (21) NT.
Heat 1 (10 laps): 1. Ryan Anderson (1); 2. Tony Bruce Jr. (2); 3. Dustin
Selvage (3); 4. Brad Sweet (8); / 5. Tim Shaffer (7); 6. Toni Lutar (4); 7.
Bronson Maeschen (6); 8. Kevin Ingle (9); 9. Lucas Wolfe (5);
Heat 2 (10 laps): 1. Donny Schatz (8); 2. Joey Moughan (4); 3. Danny Smith
(2); 4. Austin McCarl (6); / 5. Tyler Walker (3); 6. Shane Stewart (5); 7.
Sam Hafertepe Jr. (7); 8. Wade Nygaard (1); 9. Bruce White (9);
Heat 3 (10 laps): 1. Ryan Bunton (2); 2. Rager Phillips (3); 3. Sammy
Swindell (8); 4. Mike Houseman Jr. (1); / 5. Don Droud Jr. (7); 6. Jason
Sides (4); 7. Chad Meyer (6); 8. Todd King (5); 9. Ron Krysl (9);
Heat 4 (10 laps): 1. Bryan Dobesh (2); 2. Johnny Herrera (3); 3. Steve
Kinser (7); 4. Brian Ellenberger (1); / 5. Mike Reinke (4); 6. Fred Rahmer
(8); 7. Jonathan Allard (5); 8. Bud Kaeding (6); DNS – Josh Higday
Heat 5 (10 laps) : 1. Lynton Jeffrey (3); 2. David Gravel (4); 3. Davey
Heskin (6); 4. Brady Bacon (7); / 5. Bill Rose (1); 6. Mike Moore (5); 7.
Chad Kemenah (8); 8. Austen Wheatley (2); DNS - AJ Moeller
B-main (12 laps): 1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (2); 2. Fred Rahmer (1); 3. Tim
Shaffer (3); 4. Shane Stewart (9); / 5. Bronson Maeschen (4); 6. Bud Kaeding
(6); 7. Don Droud Jr. (5); 8. Jonathan Allard (11); 9. Chad Meyer (7); 10.
Tyler Walker (14); 11. Jason Sides (12); 12. Mike Moore (10); 13. Mike
Reinke (15); 14. Toni Lutar (13); 15. Kevin Ingle (18); 16. Todd King (8);
17. Wade Nygaard (16); 18. Bill Rose (17); 19. Ron Krysl (19); 20. Bruce
White (20); DNS - Chad Kemenah, Austen Wheatley, Lucas Wolfe, Josh Higday,
AJ Moeller
51stGoodyear Knoxville Nationals Point Standings, through Wednesday night
1. 1 Swindell, Sammy 490
2. 9 Sweet, Brad 487
3. 11 Kinser, Steve 470
4. 51 Rahmer, Fred 465
5. 56 Heskin, Davey 464
6. 15H Hafertepe, Jr., Sam 460
7. 17A McCarl, Austin 457
8. 15 Schatz, Donny 452
9. 57 Stewart, Shane 447
10. 83X Shaffer, Tim 440
11. 99 Bacon, Brady 429
12. 10 Phillips, Rager 427
13. 14X Moughan, Joey 425
14. 12 Jeffrey, Lynton 424
15. 7X Selvage, Dustin 422
16. 45X Herrera, Johnny 417
17. 47 Droud, Jr., Don 412
18. 4 Smith, Danny 412
19. 89G Gravel, David 407
20. 18 Bruce, Jr., Tony 405
21. 1J Maeschen, Bronson 404
22. 6RX Bunton, Ryan 402
23. 71R Anderson, Ryan 402
24. 2D Dobesh, Bryan 394
25. 29 Kaeding, Bud 393
26. 1W Meyer, Chad 392
27. 20E Ellenberger, Brian 389
28. 63 Kemenah, Chad 384
29. 0 Allard, Jonathan 382
30. 68 Houseman, Jr., Mike 381
31. 69 Moore, Mike 375
32. 7S Sides, Jason 371
33. 4X Lutar, Toni 369
34. 02 Reinke, Mike 368
35. 17 Walker, Tyler 368
36. 19K King, Todd 365
37. 5W Wolfe, Lucas 342
38. 6R Rose, Bill 326
39. 9N Nygaard, Wade 325
40. 2K Ingle, Kevin 321
41. 44W Wheatley, Austen 319
42. 96AU White, Bruce 306
43. 20PK Krysl, Ron 306
44. 2X Higday, Josh 284
45. 20 Moeller, A.J. 280
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Saldana Recovering Following Surgery
to Arm Injured in Kings Royal Crash
Kasey Kahne Racing driver caught up in multi-car incident early in
Eldora A-main
Joey Saldana in the Red Bull # 9 (2011 file photo by Tim Johnson)
By Chris Dolack
ROSSBURG, Ohio - July 17,
2011 - World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series championship contender Joey
Saldana had surgery on Sunday in Indianapolis to his right forearm, which
was broken in a multi-car crash early in the Kings Royal A-main Saturday
night at Eldora Speedway.
Doctors inserted two plates and 25 screws to stabilize his arm. Saldana's
ribs were also injured in the incident, which contributed to a partially
collapsed lung. He is expected to remain hospitalized until midweek.
Saldana counts two Kings Royal victories among his nine World of Outlaws
wins at Eldora. After sustaining a concussion in a crash last September at
Eldora, Saldana won in May at the famed Tony Stewart-owned speedway in rural
western Ohio. Saldana has been at or near the top of the championship
standings all season as he tries to win his first World of Outlaws
championship as well as the first championship his Kasey Kahne Racing team.
For further pertinent updates on Saldana as the World of Outlaws Sprint Car
Series readies for Tuesday's Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville
Speedway, click WorldofOutlaws.com or follow @worldofoutlaws on Twitter by
clicking
http://www.twitter.com/worldofoutlaws.
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
at a Glance:
Brad Doty Classic at Limaland Motorsports Park and Kings Royal at Eldora
Speedway
Jason Meyers
By Kyle Luetters / 2011 file
photo by Tim Johnson
CONCORD, N.C. — July 11, 2011 —Jason Meyers and Joey Saldana emerged
victorious as the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series spent the weekend in
Wisconsin. Cedar Lake Speedway proved to be the perfect night for Meyers,
the 2010 Series Champion, to flex some muscle as he led all thirty-five laps
of the night’s feature event.
Saldana set the tour on fire earlier in the year but cooled as the month of
June kicked off. A trip to victory lane for the second year in a row could
be the catalyst the #9 Kasey Kahne Racing team needed to get their season
back on track.
As the Outlaws gear up for the legendary “Month of Money,” the series points
standings is closer than ever with the top six running within 85 points of
each other.
This week, the Outlaws are in Ohio as the 23rdAnnual Ohio Logistics Brad
Doty Classic presented by Racing Optics on Wednesday, July 13 and then it’s
on Eldora Speedway for the famed Kings Royal weekend.
WHEN
Wednesday, July 13 at Limaland Motorsports Park in Lima, Ohio. Pit gates
open at 3 p.m., Grandstand gates open at 4:00 p.m. Qualifying begins at 6:30
p.m. with racing 7:30 p.m.
Friday, July 15 and Saturday, July 16, at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
Pit gates open at 3 p.m., Hot Laps begin at 6 p.m. and racing kicks off at
7:30 p.m.
WHERE
Limaland Motorsports Park is located at 1500 Dutch Hollow Rd., Lima, Ohio.
45807. Click here for directions.
Eldora Speedway is located at 13929 State Route 118 New Weston, Ohio. Click
here for directions.
TICKETS
Tickets for the racing action at Limaland Motorsports Park are available at
www.Limaland.comor by calling
the track office at 419-998-3168
Tickets for the racing action at Eldora Speedway are available at
www.EldoraSpeedway.comor
by calling the track office at (937) 338-3815.
ON THE INTERNET
World of Outlaws —
http://www.WorldofOutlaws.com
Eldora Speedway —
http://www.EldoraSpeedway.com
Limaland Motorsports Park –
http:///www.Limaland.com
Dirt Radio Network —
http://www.DIRTVision.com
CONTACT UPDATE
Tickets for the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series action for the event at
Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, S.D. can be purchased by going to
www.SLSPromotions.comor
by calling the track at 605-939-0266. This is an updated number from the
original release about the added date.
ABOUT THE TRACKS
Limaland Motorsport Park is a semi banked, one quarter mile oval. The track
record of 10.763 seconds was established Joey Saldana on July 15, 2009
Eldora Speedway is a high banked, half mile oval. The track record of 12.707
seconds was established by Craig Dollansky on April 13, 2002
PREVIOUS WINNERS
World of Outlaws A-Feature winners at Limaland
Motorsports Park
2010- Dale Blaney on July 14
2009- Steve Kinser on July 15
2008- Jason Meyers on July 9
2007- Jac Haudenschild on July 11
2006- Joey Saldana on July 12
1979 - Steve Kinser on May 29
1978 - Rick Ferkel on May 29, Steve Kinser on July 8, Steve Kinser on July
22
World of Outlaws A-Feature winners at Eldora
Speedway
2011- Joey Saldana on May 6
2010-Joey Saldana on May 8, Paul McMahan on May 9, Joey Saldana on July 16,
Steve Kinser on July 17; Jac Haudenschild on September 24
2009- Donny Schatz on May 9, Terry McCarl on July 17, Donny Schatz on July
18, Jason Sides on September 25
2008- Craig Dollansky on April 11, Donny Schatz on May 31, Joey Saldana on
July 11, Daryn Pittman on July 13, Joey Saldana on September 19
2007- Jason Meyers on April 13, Paul McMahan on June 2, Steve Kinser on July
13, Donny Schatz on July 14, Joey Saldana on September 21
2006- Sammy Swindell on April 8, Craig Dollansky on June 3, Craig Dollansky
on July 14, Joey Saldana on July 15, Joey Saldana on Aug. 4
2005 – Steve Kinser on April 9, Sammy Swindell on June 4, Steve Kinser on
July 15, Steve Kinser on July 16, Jac Haudenschild on Aug. 5
2004 – Sammy Swindell on Aug. 6, Jason Sides on July 17, Dale Blaney on July
16, Danny Lasoski on June 5, Steve Kinser on April 10
2003 – Sammy Swindell on April 19, Steve Kinser on May 31, Steve Kinser on
July 18, Steve Kinser on July 19, Jason Meyers on Aug. 8
2002 – Craig Dollansky on April 13, Steve Kinser on June 1, Daryn Pittman on
July 19, Joey Saldana on July 20, Steve Kinser on Aug. 2
2001 – Mark Kinser on April 14, Andy Hillenburg on June 2, Andy Hillenburg
on July 20, Mark Kinser on July 21, Steve Kinser on Aug. 3
2000 – Steve Kinser on April 22, Mark Kinser on June 3, Sammy Swindell in
July 14, Dale Blaney on July 15, Tim Shaffer on Aug. 4
1999 – Tim Shaffer on June 5, Mark Kinser on July 15, Greg Hodnett on July
16, Sammy Swindell on July 17, Stevie Smith on Aug. 6
1998 – Sammy Swindell on April 11, Sammy Swindell on June 13, Jac
Haudenschild on July 17, Jac Haudenschild on July 18, Jac Haudenschild on
Aug. 7
1997 – Sammy Swindell on April 4, Dave Blaney on June 14, Dave Blaney on
July 18, Steve Kinser on July 19, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 8
1996 – Sammy Swindell on April 5, Steve Kinser on June 15, Mark Kinser on
July 19, Johnny Herrera on July 20, Mark Kinser on Aug. 9
1995 – Jac Haudenschild on April 15, Steve Kinser on June 10, Dave Blaney on
Aug. 11 1994 – Kenny Jacobs on April 17, Kenny Jacobs on June 11, Dave
Blaney on Aug. 12 1993 – Dave Blaney on April 18, Steve Kinser on June 12,
Dave Blaney on Aug. 13
1992 – Sammy Swindell on April 12
1991 – Steve Kinser on June 7, Sammy Swindell on June 8
1990 – Steve Kinser on April 22, Steve Kinser on June 9
1989 – Jeff Swindell on April 23, Doug Wolfgang on June 10, Doug Wolfgang on
Aug. 5
1988 – Doug Wolfgang on April 10, Steve Kinser on Aug. 27
1987 – Steve Kinser on April 12, Steve Kinser on Aug. 8
1986 – Bobby Allen on Aug. 9
1985 – Doug Wolfgang on April 14, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 10
1984 – Ron Shuman on April 8
1983 – Brad Doty on May 22
1982 – Danny Smith on May 8, Sammy Swindell on May 9, Doug Wolfgang on June
12, Sammy Swindell on Aug. 7, Steve Kinser on Oct. 17
1981 – Sammy Swindell on May 16, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 8, Steve Kinser on
Oct. 18 1980 – Sammy Swindell on April 13,Steve Kinser on May 4, Steve
Kinser on May 25,Steve Kinser on July 5, Steve Kinser on Aug. 9, Doug
Wolfgang on Aug. 30, Doug Wolfgang on Aug. 31, Steve Kinser on Oct. 19
1979 – Ron Shuman on April 15, Dub May on May 27, Steve Kinser on July 3,
Sammy Swindell on July 14, Steve Kinser on Aug. 4, Doug Wolfgang on Sept. 1,
Shane Carson on Oct. 21
1978 – Bobby Allen on April 16, Rick Ferkel on April 30, Steve Kinser on May
21, Rick Ferkel on July 3, Randy Ford on Aug. 3, Rick Ferkel on Aug. 4, Rick
Ferkel on Aug. 5, Steve Kinser on Sept. 3, Shane Carson on Oct. 29
QUARTER MILE WINNERS:
Limaland Motorsports Park is a semi banked, quarter mile oval. So far in
2011, there have been four races on a track that size. The winners include:
Sammy Swindell – 2(Merced Speedway on April 1, Tri-State Speedway on April
30) Craig Dollansky – 1(Silver Dollar Speedway on March 12); Donny Schatz –
1(Princeton Speedway on June 25.)
HALF MILE WINNERS:
Eldora Speedway is a high banked, half mile oval. So far in 2011, there have
been twelve races on a track that size. The winners include:Steve Kinser – 4
(Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 11 and 12, the Dirt Track at Las Vegas on
March 3, Lakeside Speedway on June 4) Jason Sides – 3(Volusia Speedway Park
on Feb. 13, Calistoga Speedway on April 2, I-96 Speedway on May 30) Joey
Saldana – 2(the Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 2, Eldora Speedway on May
6) Paul McMahan – 1(Belleville Highbanks on June 3); Daryn Pittman –
1(Williams Grove Speedway on May 13); Sammy Swindell – 1(Knoxville Raceway
on June 11.)
DRIVER WEB SITES
The following World of Outlaws drivers maintain Web sites:
Cody Darrah- http://www.codydarrah.com
Craig Dollansky-http://www.dollanskyracing.com
Ben Gregg-
http://www.kronikenergy.com/team.php
Chad Kemenah-http://www.chadkemenah.com
Kraig Kinser-
http://www.kraigkinser.com
Steve Kinser-
http://www.stevekinser.com
Paul McMahan-
http://www.paulmcmahanracing.com
Jason Meyers-
http://www.eliteracing.net
Bill Rose – http://www.roseracing.com
Joey Saldana-
http://www.joeysaldana.com
Donny Schatz-
http://www.donnyschatz.com
Jason Sides-
http://www.sidesmotorsports.com
Lucas Wolfe- http://www.lucaswolfe.com
For more driver information visit:
www.WorldofOutlaws.com
NEWS & NOTES
Feature winners : There have been 28 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
A-Feature events in 2011. The winners include: Craig Dollansky - 5(Silver
Dollar Speedway on March 12, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3, River
Cities Speedway on June 17 and 18, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 1); Steve
Kinser - 5 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 11 and 12, Pike County Raceway on
Feb. 25, the Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Lakeside Speedway on June
4);Jason Sides - 4 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Calistoga Speedway on
April 2, I-96 Speedway on May 30, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 2);Joey
Saldana - 4(Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3, Thunderbowl Raceway on
March 19, Eldora Speedway on May 8, Beaver Dam Raceway on July 9);Sammy
Swindell - 4 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 26, Merced Speedway on April 1,
Tri-State Speedway on April 30, Knoxville Raceway on June 11); Paul McMahan
– 2(the Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 28, Belleville Highbanks on June 3);
Donny Schatz – 2(Attica Raceway Park on May 20, Princeton Speedway on June
25); Jason Meyers – 1 (Cedar Lake Speedway on July 8); Daryn Pittman – 1
(Williams Grove Speedway on May 13.)
Tune in: Listen live as the Voice of the Outlaws, Johnny Gibson, calls the
action at all World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series events on the DIRT Radio
Network, with a number of events throughout the season being featured on the
DIRTVision Cybercast. Visit http://www.DIRTVision.com for more information
on all the features, including updated results from each night of racing as
well as a chat room to interact with other fans listening to the racing
action. Also, be sure to check out the all new official Podcast of the World
of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, Outlaws Unleashed, in the iTunes store or at
http://www.WorldofOutlaws.com
On the Web: The all new Official World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Web site
is at http://www.WorldofOutlaws.comand includes driver biographies with
statistics and pictures, race-by-race stats, detailed track information and
race coverage, series news and team press releases.
Up next: Following this weekend, “The Greatest Show on Dirt” will head to
eastern Pennsylvania to take on the Pennsylvania Posse at the Williams Grove
Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Penn.
2011 STAT ATTACK
There have been 28 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature events this
season.
A-Feature winners (9 Different Drivers)
Driver, Hometown - Wins
1- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. – 5
Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Ind. - 5
3- Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tenn. – 4
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind. – 4
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. – 4
6- Paul McMahan, Elk Grove, Calif. -2
Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. – 2
8- Jason Meyers, Clovis, Calif. – 1
Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Okla. – 1
Total laps led (17 Different Drivers)
Lap leaders, Driver, Hometown
1- Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. - 143 laps
2- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. - 119 laps
3 - Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind. – 112 laps
4- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Ind. - 96 laps
5- Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tenn. – 91 laps
6- Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. – 61 laps
7- Jason Meyers, Clovis, Calif. - 55laps
8- Paul McMahan, Elk Grove, Calif. – 47 laps
9- Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, N.D. – 27 laps
10- Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Penn. - 26 laps
11 - Bill Rose, Plainfield, Ind. – 25 laps
12- Brian Brown, Grain Valley, Mo. – 21 laps
13 - Cody Darrah, Red Lion, Pa. - 12 laps
Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, Okla. – 12 laps
15- Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio - 10 laps
Brian Leppo, Camp Hill, Penn. – 7 laps
17- Daryn Pittman, Owasso, Okla. – 6 laps
Time Trial leaders (11 Different Drivers)
Rank - Driver, Hometown - Quick times
1- Paul McMahan, Nashville, Tenn. - 7
2- Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. – 4
3- Jason Meyers, Clovis, Calif. – 3
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind. – 3
Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tenn. –3
6- Chad Kemenah, Findlay, Ohio – 2
Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. – 2
8- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. - 1
Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Ind. - 1
Brian Leppo, Camp Hill, Penn. – 1
Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, Calif. – 1
Pole Positions (21 Different Drivers)
Rank - Driver, Hometown - Poles
1- Jason Meyers,
Clovis, Calif. – 3
2- Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Ind. - 2
Bill Rose, Plainfield, Ind. – 2
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind. – 2
Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tenn. – 2
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. - 2
7- Brian Brown , Grain Valley, Mo. – 1
Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, N.D. – 1
Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. – 1
David Gravel, Watertown, Conn. - 1
Phil Gressman, Helena, Ohio – 1
Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio. - 1
Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, Ind. - 1
Tim Kaeding, San Jose, Calif. - 1
Danny Lasoski, Dover, Mo. – 1
Terry McCarl, Altoona, Iowa - 1
Paul McMahan, Elk Grove, Calif. - 1
Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. - 1
Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, Okla. – 1
Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW – 1
Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, Pa. - 1
Last Chance Showdown Winners (19 Different Drivers)
Rank - Driver, Hometown - Wins
1- Cody Darrah, Red Lion, Pa. - 2
2- Zac Blurton, Jetmore, Kan. – 1
Tony Bruce Jr, Liberal, Kan. -1
Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. – 1
Brian Ellenberger, Butler, Pa. - 1
David Gravel, Watertown, Conn. – 1
Ben Gregg, Glendale, Ariz.
Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, Ohio - 1
Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN – 1
Bud Kaeding, Campbell, Calif. -1
Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, Ind. - 1
Chad Kemenah, Findley, Ohio Casey Mack, Grand Forks, N.D. – 1
Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW - 1
Brent Marks, Meyerstown, Penn. – 1
Paul McMahan, Elk Grove, Calif. – 1
Jason Meyers, Clovis, Calif. - 1
Jason Sides, Bartlett, Tenn. – 1
Josh Schneiderman, W. Burlington, Iowa – 1
Chris Shirek, Thompson, N.D. – 1
Tommy Tarlton, Fresno, Calif. – 1
Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, Ohio – 1
KSE HARD CHARGERS:
KSE Hard Charger Award (19 Different Drivers)
Rank - Driver, Hometown - H.C. Awards
1- Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa,
Penn. – 3
Steve Kinser, Bloomington, Ind. - 3
3- Craig Dollansky, Elk River, Minn. – 2
Logan Forler, Orting Wash. - 2
Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, Calif. - 2
Donny Schatz, Fargo, N.D. - 2
7- Brian Brown, Grain Valley, Mo.
Cody Darrah, Red Lion, Penn. -1
Lance Dewease, Fayetteville Pa. - 1
Mark Dobmier, Grand Forks, N.D. – 1
Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, Pa. - 1
Tim Kaeding, San Jose, Calif. – 1
Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW – 1
Paul McMahan, Elk Grove, Calif. – 1
Jason Meyers, Clovis, Calif. – 1
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind. – 1
Sammy Swindell, Germantown, Tenn. -1
Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW – 1
Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, Ohio – 1
2011 World of Outlaws Schedule & Winners
No. / Day, Date / Track / Location/Winner (Number of Win(s) in 2011)
1. / Friday, February 11 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Steve
Kinser (1)
2. / Saturday, February 12 / Volusia Speedway Park/ Barberville, FL / Steve
Kinser (2)
3. / Sunday, February 13 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Jason
Sides (1)
4. / Friday, February 25/ Pike County Speedway / Magnolia, MS / Steve Kinser
(3)
5. / Saturday, February 26 / Royal Purple Raceway / Baytown, TX / Sammy
Swindell (1)
6. / Wednesday, March 2 / Las Vegas Motorspeedway / Las Vegas, NV / Joey
Saldana (1)
7. / Thursday, March 3 / Las Vegas Motorspeedway / Las Vegas, NV / Steve
Kinser (4)
8. / Saturday, March 12 / Silver Dollar Speedway / Chico, CA / Craig
Dollansky (1)
9. / Saturday, March 19 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA / Joey Saldana
(2)
10. / Friday, April 1 / Merced Speedway / Merced, CA / Sammy Swindell (2)
11. / Saturday, April 2 / Calistoga Speedway / Calistoga, CA / Jason Sides
(2)
12. / Saturday, April 30 / Tri-State Speedway / Haubstadt, IN. / Sammy
Swindell (3)
13. / Tuesday, May 3 / Salina Highbanks Speedway / Salina, OK / Craig
Dollansky (2)
14. / Friday, May 6 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH / Joey Saldana (4)
15. / Friday, May 13 / Williams Grove Speedway / Mechanicsburg, PA / Daryn
Pittman (1)
16. / Friday, May 20 / Attica Raceway Park / Attica, OH / Donny Schatz (1)
17. / Saturday, May 28 / Charlotte Motor Speedway Dirt Track / Concord, NC /
Paul McMahan (1)
18. / Monday, May 30 / I-96 Speedway / Lake Odessa, Mich. / Jason Sides (3)
19. / Friday, June 3 / Belleville Highbanks / Belleville, KS / Paul McMahan
(2)
20. / Saturday, June 4 / Lakeside Speedway / Kansas City, KS / Steve Kinser
(5)
21. / Saturday, June 11 / Knoxville Raceway / Knoxville, Iowa / Sammy
Swindell (4)
22. / Friday, June 17 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, North Dakota /
Craig Dollansky (3)
23. / Saturday, June 18 / River Cities Speedway / Grand Forks, North Dakota
/ Craig Dollansky (4)
24. / Saturday, June 25/ Princeton Speedway / Princeton, Minnesota / Donny
Schatz (2)
25. / Friday, July 1 / Dodge City Raceway Park / Dodge City, Kansas / Craig
Dollansky (5)
26. / Saturday, July 2 / Dodge City Raceway Park / Dodge City, Kansas /
Jason Sides (4)
27. / Friday, July 8 / Cedar Lake Speedway / New Richmond, Wisconsin / Jason
Meyers (1)
28. / Saturday, July 9 / Beaver Dam Raceway / Beaver Dam, Wisconsin / Joey
Saldana (4)
Sides Conquers Second Night of Boot
Hill Showdown in Kansas
Schatz retakes points leader over Saldana by seven, top six tighten up
Jason Sides #7 / 2011 file photo by Tim Johnson
By Kyle Luetters
DODGE CITY, Kan. — July 2,
2011 — Jason Sides knew he wasn’t going to get very many shots to pass a
strong race leader in 2010 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Champion Jason
Meyers. The Clovis, Calif. native had been stout all weekend and started the
second night of the two day show on the pole and led early on. However, lap
traffic proved to be the window of opportunity that outside pole sitter
Sides needed. Sides Conquers Dodge from World of Outlaws Sprint Cars on Vimeo.
“Lap traffic played a big role in tonight’s race,” said an exhausted yet
excited Sides, who led the final 17 laps of the 30 lap event. “Jason
(Meyers) got in there a little bit hot and slid up the track a bit and that
opened the bottom up for me. There was quite a bit of wet stuff low so that
was the best place for our car. When I saw that open up, I knew I had to
take it.”
“This one is on me tonight,” said Meyers. “My crew has been working so hard
and it just seems like this is how our year has gone the whole way. We’ve
been close quite a bit. But I take the blame for this one. I was really
wanting to get these guys into victory lane tonight.”
Swindell rounded out the podium finishers after setting Quick Time on the
night with a 13.570 lap around the three eighths mile oval. Swindell battled
his Big Game Tree Stands teammate, Craig Dollansky throughout the main event
for the third spot.
“Craig and I had a good battle going there,” said Swindell, who has four
victories on the season. “It was a lot of back and forth which was good and
I was able to find the line that worked really well for my car and that was
the best I could do.”
Dollansky, the previous night’s winner, settled for fourth with Ben Gregg
slotting in the fifth position. Series points leader Donny Schatz finished 8
thand retook the series points lead by seven over Joey Saldana, who finished
13th
The Outlaws are back in action again at Cedar Lake Speedway on Friday, July
8 and Beaver Dam Raceway on Saturday, July 9.
DODGE CITY RACEWAY PARK NOTEBOOK
QUICK TIME – Sammy Swindell was the night’s fastest qualifier with a lap
around the three eighths-mile oval in 13.570 seconds, earning five
championship points. Ben Gregg, Craig Dollansky, Chad Kemenah and Jason
Sides also earned qualifying points. It marked Swindell’s third Quick Time
of the season.
WINNERS - There have been 26 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature
events in 2011. The winners include: Craig Dollansky – 5(Silver Dollar
Speedway on March 12, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3, River Cities
Speedway on June 17 and 18, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 1); Steve Kinser
– 5 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 11 and 12, Pike County Raceway on Feb.
25, the Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Lakeside Speedway on June 4);
Sammy Swindell – 4 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 26, Merced Speedway on
April 1, Tri-State Speedway on April 30, Knoxville Raceway on June 11);Jason
Sides – 4 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Calistoga Speedway on April 2,
I-96 Speedway on May 30, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 2); Joey Saldana –
3(Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3, Thunderbowl Raceway on March 19,
Eldora Speedway on May 6); Paul McMahan – 2(the Dirt Track at Charlotte on
May 28, Belleville Highbanks on June 3); Donny Schatz – 2(Attica Raceway
Park on May 20, Princeton Speedway on June 25); Daryn Pittman – 1 (Williams
Grove Speedway on May 13.)
NEW ONLINE HOME – Make sure to check out the all-new WorldofOutlaws.com for
the latest news and results, plus exclusive driver interviews, video and
pictures. Also listen to every event live at DIRTVision.com .
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Dodge City Raceway
Park; Dodge City, Kan.; July 2, 2011
A-Main - (30 Laps)
1. 7S-Jason Sides[2][$10,000]; 2. 14-Jason Meyers[1][$5,000]; 3. 1-Sammy
Swindell[5][$3,000]; 4. 7-Craig Dollansky[3][$2,700]; 5. 2B-Ben
Gregg[4][$2,500]; 6. 11-Steve Kinser[7][$2,200]; 7. 92-Kerry
Madsen[8][$2,000]; 8. 15-Donny Schatz[6][$1,800]; 9. 83-Paul
McMahan[13][$1,600]; 10. 63-Chad Kemenah[10][$1,450]; 11. 6R-Bill
Rose[11][$1,300]; 12. 36-Jason Martin[16][$1,200]; 13. 9-Joey
Saldana[9][$1,100]; 14. 91-Cody Darrah[14][$1,000]; 15. 18-Tony Bruce
Jr[17][$950]; 16. 6-Kraig Kinser[12][$900]; 17. 11X-Patrick Stasa[20][$850];
18. 33-Kris Miller[21][$750]; 19. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[15][$725]; 20. O-Steven
Richardson[23][$700]; 21. 21-Taylor Velasquez[24][$700]; 22. 20PK-Ron
Krysl[19][$700]; 23. 97-Brian Herbert[18][$700]; 24. 91X-Jeff
Stasa[22][$700]
Lap Leaders: Jason Meyers 1-13, Jason Sides 14-30
KSE Hard Charger Award: 83-Paul McMahan[+4]
Qualifying -
1. 1-Sammy Swindell, 13.570; 2. 2B-Ben Gregg, 13.754; 3. 7-Craig Dollansky,
13.809; 4. 63-Chad Kemenah, 13.835; 5. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.848; 6. 6R-Bill
Rose, 13.853; 7. 14-Jason Meyers, 13.950; 8. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.971; 9.
11-Steve Kinser, 13.983; 10. 92-Kerry Madsen, 13.983; 11. 6-Kraig Kinser,
13.996; 12. 9-Joey Saldana, 14.109; 13. 83-Paul McMahan, 14.133; 14. 91-Cody
Darrah, 14.262; 15. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 14.388; 16. 36-Jason Martin, 14.505; 17.
18-Tony Bruce Jr, 14.513; 18. 97-Brian Herbert, 15.029; 19. 2J-Zach Blurton,
15.053; 20. 20PK-Ron Krysl, 15.087; 21. 11X-Patrick Stasa, 15.100; 22.
O-Steven Richardson, 15.111; 23. 33-Kris Miller, 15.232; 24. 91X-Jeff Stasa,
15.258; 25. 21-Taylor Velasquez, 15.336; 26. 1T-Ty Williams, 15.439
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 92-Kerry Madsen[1] ; 2. 14-Jason Meyers[2] ; 3. 1-Sammy Swindell[4] ; 4.
63-Chad Kemenah[3] ; 5. 83-Paul McMahan[5] ; 6. 36-Jason Martin[6] ; 7.
21-Taylor Velasquez[9] ; 8. 2J-Zach Blurton[7] ; 9. O-Steven Richardson[8]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 15-Donny Schatz[2] ; 2. 2B-Ben Gregg[4] ; 3. 6-Kraig Kinser[1] ; 4.
7S-Jason Sides[3] ; 5. 91-Cody Darrah[5] ; 6. 33-Kris Miller[8] ; 7. 1T-Ty
Williams[9] ; 8. 20PK-Ron Krysl[7] ; 9. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[6]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 9-Joey Saldana[1] ; 2. 11-Steve Kinser[2] ; 3. 6R-Bill Rose[3] ; 4.
7-Craig Dollansky[4] ; 5. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[5] ; 6. 97-Brian Herbert[6] ; 7.
11X-Patrick Stasa[7] ; 8. 91X-Jeff Stasa[8]
Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of
A-feature
1. 14-Jason Meyers[1] ; 2. 7S-Jason Sides[2] ; 3. 7-Craig Dollansky[4] ; 4.
2B-Ben Gregg[5] ; 5. 1-Sammy Swindell[6] ; 6. 15-Donny Schatz[7] ; 7.
11-Steve Kinser[8] ; 8. 92-Kerry Madsen[9] ; 9. 9-Joey Saldana[10] ; 10.
63-Chad Kemenah[3]
B-Main - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[1] [-]; 2. 11X-Patrick Stasa[4] [-]; 3. 91X-Jeff
Stasa[6] [-]; 4. 20PK-Ron Krysl[3] [-]; 5. O-Steven Richardson[5] [-]; 6.
21-Taylor Velasquez[7] [-]; 7. 1T-Ty Williams[8] [$200]; 8. 2J-Zach
Blurton[2] [$180]
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World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Points
Standings thru July 2, 2011:
|
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Dollansky Dives to Score Fifth Win
of 2011 Campaign at Dodge City
Points Leader Schatz has engine woes, Saldana retakes lead in standings
By Kyle Luetters
DODGE CITY, Kan. — July 1, 2011 — Dry and hot conditions have forced city
and local officials to ban fireworks in Southwest Kansas. However, the World
of Outlaws Sprint Car Series staged a show that would put even the biggest
and brightest fireworks to shame. Elk River, Minn native Craig Dollansky
charged through the field and used a late race restart to grab his fifth win
of the season and first victory at Dodge City Raceway Park.
“Tonight certainly was a work in progress as we had to keep adjusting
throughout the heats and the dash,” said Dollansky in victory lane. “It
always is a total team effort and to get that last restart was pretty cool.
I wasn’t quite sure what was going to happen on it. I got a good run off of
Sammy (Swindell) coming off of turn 2 and got under him and made it work.”
Swindell, who led 26 laps of the 30 lap main event, settled for second place
after starting on the outside pole.
“We really didn’t want to see that caution with three (laps) to go,” said
Swindell, a native of Germantown, Tenn. “Craig pulled of a pretty good move
and I wasn’t able to get back past him. It’s a good night for Big Game
Treestands.”
2010 Series Champion Jason Meyers finished in third. Meyers, a Clovis,
Calif. native, sat on the pole for the night’s main event and had high hopes
going into the 30 lap affair.
“We felt like we were really close tonight to getting our first win of the
season,” said Meyers. “We maybe just missed something for the feature.
However, we can take tonight and add it to our notes and go on from there.”
The nights fastest qualifier, Jason Sides, was fourth with five time Dodge
City race winner Joey Saldana coming home in fifth. Fargo, N.D. native Donny
Schatz was running fourth in the main event until problems with the engine
on his sprinter regulated him to a 20thplace finish.
The Outlaws are back in action again at Dodge City Raceway Park as they
close out the Boothill Showdown on
DODGE CITY RACEWAY PARK NOTEBOOK
QUICK TIME – Jason Sides was the night’s fastest qualifier with a lap around
the three eighths-mile oval in 13.542 seconds, earning five championship
points. Kerry Madsen, Joey Saldana, Sammy Swindell and Donny Schatz also
earned qualifying points. It marked Sides’s third Quick Time of the season.
WINNERS - There have been 25 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature
events in 2011. The winners include: Craig Dollansky – 5(Silver Dollar
Speedway on March 12, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3, River Cities
Speedway on June 17 and 18, Dodge City Raceway Park on July 1); Steve Kinser
– 5 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 11 and 12, Pike County Raceway on Feb.
25, the Dirt Track at Las Vegas on March 4, Lakeside Speedway on June 4);
Sammy Swindell – 4 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 26, Merced Speedway on
April 1, Tri-State Speedway on April 30, Knoxville Raceway on June 11);Joey
Saldana – 3(Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3, Thunderbowl Raceway on
March 19, Eldora Speedway on May 6); Jason Sides – 3 (Volusia Speedway Park
on Feb. 13, Calistoga Speedway on April 2, I-96 Speedway on May 30); Paul
McMahan – 2(the Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 28, Belleville Highbanks on
June 3); Donny Schatz – 2(Attica Raceway Park on May 20, Princeton Speedway
on June 25); Daryn Pittman – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on May 13.)
NEW ONLINE HOME – Make sure to check out the all-new WorldofOutlaws.com for
the latest news and results, plus exclusive driver interviews, video and
pictures. Also listen to every event live at DIRTVision.com .
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Dodge City Raceway
Park; Dodge City, Kan.; July 1, 2011
A-Main - (30 Laps)
1. 7-Craig Dollansky[6][$10,000]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell[2][$5,000]; 3.
14-Jason Meyers[1][$3,000]; 4. 7S-Jason Sides[4][$2,700]; 5. 9-Joey
Saldana[5][$2,500]; 6. 83-Paul McMahan[8][$2,200]; 7. 11-Steve
Kinser[12][$2,000]; 8. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[9][$1,800]; 9. 92-Kerry
Madsen[7][$1,600]; 10. 6-Kraig Kinser[11][$1,450]; 11. 63-Chad
Kemenah[14][$1,300]; 12. 91-Cody Darrah[20][$1,200]; 13. 6R-Bill
Rose[10][$1,100]; 14. 2B-Ben Gregg[13][$1,000]; 15. 18-Tony Bruce
Jr[15][$950]; 16. 11X-Patrick Stasa[21][$900]; 17. 33-Kris Miller[17][$850];
18. 1T-Ty Williams[23][$750]; 19. 36-Jason Martin[16][$725]; 20. 15-Donny
Schatz[3][$700]; 21. 91X-Jeff Stasa[24][$700]; 22. 2J-Zach Burton[18][$700];
23. 20PK-Ron Krysl[22][$700]; 24. 97-Brian Herbert[19][$700]
Lap Leaders : Jason Meyers 1-3, Sammy Swindell 4-27, Craig Dollansky 28-30
KSE Hard Charger Award: 91-Cody Darrah[+8]
Qualifying -
1. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.542; 2. 92-Kerry Madsen, 13.547; 3. 9-Joey Saldana,
13.652; 4. 1-Sammy Swindell, 13.690; 5. 15-Donny Schatz, 13.709; 6. 6-Kraig
Kinser, 13.751; 7. 11-Steve Kinser, 13.908; 8. 14-Jason Meyers, 13.950; 9.
5W-Lucas Wolfe, 13.972; 10. 2B-Ben Gregg, 14.004; 11. 6R-Bill Rose, 14.021;
12. 83-Paul McMahan, 14.028; 13. 7-Craig Dollansky, 14.038; 14. 63-Chad
Kemenah, 14.247; 15. 18-Tony Bruce Jr, 14.361; 16. 36-Jason Martin, 14.556;
17. 33-Kris Miller, 14.617; 18. 2J-Zach Burton, 14.673; 19. 97-Brian
Herbert, 14.752; 20. 21-Taylor Velasquez, 14.761; 21. 91-Cody Darrah,
14.798; 22. 91X-Jeff Stasa, 14.820; 23. 11X-Patrick Stasa, 14.919; 24. 1T-Ty
Williams, 15.669; 25. 20PK-Ron Krysl, 16.029; 26. O-Steven Richardson,
16.203
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1-Sammy Swindell[3] ; 2. 7-Craig Dollansky[5] ; 3. 11-Steve Kinser[2] ;
4. 7S-Jason Sides[4] ; 5. 36-Jason Martin[6] ; 6. 2B-Ben Gregg[1] ; 7.
97-Brian Herbert[7] ; 8. 91X-Jeff Stasa[8] ; 9. 20PK-Ron Krysl[9]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 6R-Bill Rose[1] ; 2. 14-Jason Meyers[2] ; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[3] ; 4.
63-Chad Kemenah[5] ; 5. 92-Kerry Madsen[4] ; 6. 33-Kris Miller[6] ; 7.
11X-Patrick Stasa[8] ; 8. O-Steven Richardson[9] ; 9. 21-Taylor Velasquez[7]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 83-Paul McMahan[1] ; 2. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[2] ; 3. 6-Kraig Kinser[3] ; 4.
9-Joey Saldana[4] ; 5. 91-Cody Darrah[7] ; 6. 18-Tony Bruce Jr[5] ; 7.
2J-Zach Burton[6] ; 8. 1T-Ty Williams[8]
Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of
A-feature
1. 14-Jason Meyers[1] ; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell[3] ; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[2] ; 4.
7S-Jason Sides[6] ; 5. 9-Joey Saldana[4] ; 6. 7-Craig Dollansky[10] ; 7.
92-Kerry Madsen[5] ; 8. 83-Paul McMahan[9] ; 9. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[7] ; 10.
6R-Bill Rose[8]
B-Main - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 2J-Zach Burton[1] [-]; 2. 11X-Patrick Stasa[5] [-]; 3. 97-Brian
Herbert[2] [-]; 4. 20PK-Ron Krysl[7] [-]; 5. 1T-Ty Williams[6] [-]; 6.
91X-Jeff Stasa[4] [-]; 7. O-Steven Richardson[8] [$200]; 8. 21-Taylor
Velasquez[3] [$180]
| Pos. | Driver |
Total |
Diff |
Wins |
Top 5 |
Top 10 |
QT |
| 1. | Joey Saldana |
3463 |
3 |
14 |
20 |
3 |
|
| 2. | Donny Schatz |
3460 |
-3 |
2 |
14 |
19 |
2 |
| 3. | Jason Meyers |
3437 |
-26 |
0 |
13 |
21 |
2 |
| 4. | Steve Kinser |
3415 |
-48 |
5 |
12 |
20 |
1 |
| 5. | Jason Sides |
3397 |
-66 |
3 |
12 |
19 |
3 |
| 6. | Craig Dollansky |
3380 |
-83 |
5 |
12 |
18 |
1 |
| 7. | Paul McMahan |
3318 |
-145 |
2 |
6 |
16 |
7 |
| 8. | Cody Darrah |
3126 |
-337 |
0 |
5 |
11 |
0 |
| 9. | Lucas Wolfe |
3107 |
-356 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
| 10. | Sammy Swindell |
3090 |
-373 |
4 |
11 |
15 |
2 |
| 11. | Kraig Kinser |
3078 |
-385 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
| 12. | Chad Kemenah |
3069 |
-394 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
| 13. | Bill Rose |
2880 |
-583 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| 14. | Ben Gregg |
1795 |
-1668 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 15. | Kerry Madsen |
1794 |
-1669 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
| 16. | Brad Sweet |
1137 |
-2326 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
| 17. | Sam Hafertepe Jr. |
1029 |
-2434 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
| 18. | Lance Dewease |
982 |
-2481 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| 19. | Jac Haudenschild |
944 |
-2519 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| 20. | Terry McCarl |
940 |
-2523 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car Care Products), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), Goodyear Tires (Official Tire), Chizmark & Larson Insurance , Factory Motor Parts, VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), Vicci (Official Apparel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake's Custom Golf Carts, RacingJunk.com KSE Race Products, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo and R2C Performance; Engine Builder's Challenge participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder's Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.
Dollansky Sweeps World of Outlaws
Sprint Car Series Duel in the Dakotas with Exciting Final Turn Pass at River
Cities Speedway
‘The Greatest Show on Dirt’ next heads to Princeton and Huset’s speedways
Craig Dollansky in the Aggressive Hydraulics / Big Game #7 Sprint Car takes the win at River Cities Speedway just ahead of the red #7 of Jason Sides.
By Kyle Luetters / Photo by
Tim Johnson
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - June 18, 2011 - Craig Dollansky completed a sweep of the
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Duel in the Dakotas in thrilling fashion
on Saturday night at River Cities Speedway when he swept past Jason Sides on
the high side in the final corner and charged to the checkered flag.
It was a reversal of fortune for Dollansky, who earlier this season lost a
race to Sides on the final turn. This time Dollansky, of Elk River, Minn.,
was the hunter, and earned not only a sweep of the weekend event in Grand
Forks, N.D., but also picked up his fourth overall victory of the season.
"I may be from Minnesota but I love North Dakota, I will tell you that,"
said a beaming Dollansky. "We were good around the top for most of the
night. I also want to give a special shout out to all the fathers out there.
This is just really cool."
Dollansky sported a different primary paint scheme as brilliant shades of
blue from Aggressive Hydraulics adorned his #7 Big Game Treestands Maxim
during the two-day event. The combination seemed to work all weekend as
Dollansky and the rest of the pack survived a wild night. Sides led from the
start of the race in the Wetherington Tractor Service Maxim and held off
hard challenges from Dollansky, Joey Saldana and Steve Kinser. Sides led the
first 17 laps before Saldana went to the point on Lap 18. Sides then
recaptured the lead a lap later and held it until the final circuit.
"We got passed," said a dejected Sides, of Bartlett, Tenn. "It was a matter
of yards to the finish and we just got caught in lapped traffic. Dollansky
was better on the top and he got around me."
Kinser managed to finish in the third position after a wild night for his
#11 Bass Pro Shops/J.D. Byrider/Chevrolet Maxim. The 20-time champion had
his hands full, especially on six restarts.
"One of the restarts we gave everything away and then on the next one, we
gained it all back," said Kinser, a five-time winner this season from
Bloomington, Ind. "Our car hooked up pretty good in some places and we were
able to use that to our advantage."
After seriously challenging Sides for the lead with 10 laps to go, Saldana
scraped the wall coming off of turn four and faded to the fourth position.
Defending series champion Jason Meyers battled his way into the Top 5 as the
checkers flew to maintain a solid string of finishes. Current points leader
and North Dakota native Donny Schatz looked strong early in the event,
setting quick time during qualifying, but settled for a seventh-place finish
to go with his runner-up finish on Friday night.
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series remains in the upper Midwest this
week as it invades Princeton (Minn.) Speedway on Saturday, June 25, and
Huset's Speedway in Brandon, S.D., just outside of Sioux Falls on Sunday,
June 26.
RIVER CITIES SPEEDWAY NOTEBOOK
QUICK TIME - Donny Schatz was the night's fastest qualifier with a lap
around the three-tenths mile oval in 10.439 seconds, earning five
championship points. Cody Darrah, Lucas Wolfe, Craig Dollansky and Jason
Sides also earned qualifying points. It marked Schatz's second Quick Time of
the season.
WINNERS - There have been 23 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature
events in 2011. The winners include: Steve Kinser - 5 (Volusia Speedway Park
on Feb. 11 and 12, Pike County Raceway on Feb. 25, the Dirt Track at Las
Vegas on March 4, Lakeside Speedway on June 4); Craig Dollansky - 4(Silver
Dollar Speedway on March 12, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3, River
Cities Speedway on June 17 and 18); Sammy Swindell - 4 (Royal Purple Raceway
on Feb. 26, Merced Speedway on April 1, Tri-State Speedway on April 30,
Knoxville Raceway on June 11);Joey Saldana - 3(Las Vegas Motor Speedway on
March 3, Thunderbowl Raceway on March 19, Eldora Speedway on May 6); Jason
Sides - 3 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Calistoga Speedway on April 2,
I-96 Speedway on May 30); Paul McMahan - 2(the Dirt Track at Charlotte on
May 28, Belleville Highbanks on June 3); Daryn Pittman - 1 (Williams Grove
Speedway on May 13); Donny Schatz - 1(Attica Raceway Park on May 20.)
NEW ONLINE HOME - Make sure to check out the all-new WorldofOutlaws.com for
the latest news and results, plus exclusive driver interviews, video and
pictures. Also listen to every event live at DIRTVision.com .
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; River Cities
Speedway; Grand Forks, N.D.; June 18, 2011
A-Main - (40 Laps/Pos., Car, Driver [Starting Pos.], Earnings) - 1. 7-Craig
Dollansky [2] [$10,000]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides [1] [$5,000]; 3. 11-Steve Kinser
[3] [$3,000]; 4. 9-Joey Saldana [8] [$2,700]; 5. 14-Jason Meyers [7]
[$2,500]; 6. 83-Paul McMahan [9] [$2,200]; 7. 15-Donny Schatz [4] [$2,000];
8. 92-Kerry Madsen [14] [$1,800]; 9. 1-Sammy Swindell [5] [$1,600]; 10.
91-Cody Darrah [6] [$1,450]; 11. 13-Mark Dobmeier [13] [$1,300]; 12.
59-Brooke Tatnell [19] [$1,200]; 13. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [11] [$1,100]; 14.
8-Casey Mack [12] [$1,000]; 15. 6R-Bill Rose [15] [$950]; 16. 6-Kraig Kinser
[20] [$900]; 17. 1S-Kevin Swindell [16] [$850]; 18. 63-Chad Kemenah [10]
[$750]; 19. 11K-Nick Shirek [23] [$725]; 20. 9N-Wade Nygard [22] [$700]; 21.
5-Dave Glennon [24] [$700]; 22. 1K-Chris Shirek [17] [$700]; 23. 20K-Thomas
Kennedy [21] [$700]; 24. 2-Austin Pierce [18] [$700]. Lap Leaders:Jason
Sides 1-17, 19-39; Joey Saldana 18; Craig Dollansky 40. KSE Hard Charger
Award:59-Brooke Tatnell [+7].
Qualifying - 1. 15-Donny Schatz, 10.439; 2. 91-Cody Darrah, 10.709; 3.
5W-Lucas Wolfe, 10.718; 4. 7-Craig Dollansky, 10.757; 5. 7S-Jason Sides,
10.829; 6. 8-Casey Mack, 10.847; 7. 63-Chad Kemenah, 10.866; 8. 11-Steve
Kinser, 10.871; 9. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 10.904; 10. 1-Sammy Swindell, 10.912;
11. 9-Joey Saldana, 10.916; 12. 92-Kerry Madsen, 10.928; 13. 83-Paul
McMahan, 10.972; 14. 14-Jason Meyers, 10.976; 15. 6R-Bill Rose, 10.993; 16.
1S-Kevin Swindell, 11.046; 17. 1K-Chris Shirek, 11.154; 18. 2-Austin Pierce,
11.166; 19. 59-Brooke Tatnell, 11.182; 20. 6-Kraig Kinser, 11.258; 21.
20K-Thomas Kennedy, 11.397; 22. 92M-Mitch Mack, 11.728; 23. 9N-Wade Nygard,
11.765; 24. 31-Shane Roemeling, 11.766; 25. 11K-Nick Shirek, 11.793; 26.
5-Dave Glennon, 11.970; 27. 27-Chris Ranten, 11.993; 28. 19K-Kohlan Fedyk,
12.203; 29. 25-Cory Mack, 12.356; 30. 10TRB-Bob Martin, 12.433; 31. 14X-Tom
Egeland, 12.760; 32. 17-Todd Michelson, 13.482; 33. 99-Jordon Graham,
13.586; 34. 50-Ryan Flaten, 13.839.
Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 83-Paul
McMahan [1]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 4. 13-Mark
Dobmeier [2]; 5. 20K-Thomas Kennedy [6]; 6. 1K-Chris Shirek [5]; 7. 11K-Nick
Shirek [7]; 8. 99-Jordon Graham [9]; 9. 25-Cory Mack [8]
Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 14-Jason
Meyers [1]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell [2]; 3. 8-Casey Mack [3]; 4. 91-Cody Darrah
[4]; 5. 5-Dave Glennon [7]; 6. 50-Ryan Flaten [9]; 7. 10TRB-Bob Martin [8];
8. 2-Austin Pierce [5]; 9. 92M-Mitch Mack [6]
Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 9-Joey
Saldana [2]; 2. 63-Chad Kemenah [3]; 3. 59-Brooke Tatnell [5]; 4. 5W-Lucas
Wolfe [4]; 5. 6R-Bill Rose [1]; 6. 9N-Wade Nygard [6]; 7. 27-Chris Ranten
[7]; 8. 14X-Tom Egeland [8]
Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 7-Craig
Dollansky [4]; 2. 11-Steve Kinser [3]; 3. 92-Kerry Madsen [2]; 4. 6-Kraig
Kinser [5]; 5. 1S-Kevin Swindell [1]; 6. 19K-Kohlan Fedyk [7]; 7. 17-Todd
Michelson [8]; 8. 31-Shane Roemeling [6]
Dash - (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of
A-feature) - 1. 7S-Jason Sides [1]; 2. 7-Craig Dollansky [2]; 3. 11-Steve
Kinser [6]; 4. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 5. 1-Sammy Swindell [7]; 6. 91-Cody
Darrah [3]; 7. 14-Jason Meyers [10]; 8. 9-Joey Saldana [8]; 9. 83-Paul
McMahan [9]; 10. 63-Chad Kemenah [5]
Last Chance Showdown (B-Main) - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the
A-feature) - 1. 1K-Chris Shirek [1] [-]; 2. 9N-Wade Nygard [4] [-]; 3.
11K-Nick Shirek [6] [-]; 4. 2-Austin Pierce [2] [-]; 5. 27-Chris Ranten [7]
[$200]; 6. 99-Jordon Graham [13] [$180]; 7. 10TRB-Bob Martin [10] [$175]; 8.
50-Ryan Flaten [14] [$160]; 9. 92M-Mitch Mack [3] [$150]; 10. 14X-Tom
Egeland [11] [$150]; 11. 25-Cory Mack [9] [$150]; 12. 17-Todd Michelson [12]
[$150]; 13. 31-Shane Roemeling [5] [$150]; 14. 19K-Kohlan Fedyk [8] [$150].
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World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
Championship Standings
Through River Cities Speedway; Grand Forks, N.D.; June 18, 2011
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Dollansky Surges to World of Outlaws
Win at River Cities Speedway
Schatz edges Rose for second in ‘Duel in the Dakotas’ opener, widens points
lead
By Kyle Luetters
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — June 17, 2011 — Craig Dollansky tracked down Bill Rose
midway through the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Duel in the Dakotas
opener on Friday night at River Cities Speedway and charged through traffic,
got a strong jump on a late restart then powered to victory for the third
time this season.
Dollansky, of Elk River, Minn., chased pole-sitter Rose from the drop of the
green flag, eventually catching and passing him on Lap 19 at the 3/10-mile
bullring. Rose, trying to earn the first World of Outlaws win of his career,
raced with Dollansky through traffic, looking for any kind of opening to
pull off a huge upset. Rose’s final shot at Dollansky came on a double-file
restart with five laps left in the 40-lap main event, but Dollansky proved
to be too strong in his specially outfitted Aggressive Hydraulics/Big Game
Treestands Maxim.
Dollansky chose the bottom groove, with Rose lined up to the outside and
current points leader Donny Schatz right behind Dollansky on the inside of
the second row. As Dollansky sped away, Rose tried to fight off Schatz’s STP/Armor
All/Cheverolet J&J, but Schatz was able to move into the runner-up position
with one to go. Rose wound up holding onto a career-best third in the KJM
Trucking Maxim with Steve Kinser in the Tony Stewart Racing Bass Pro
Shops/J.D. Byrider/Chevrolet Maxim and Joey Saldana in the Kasey Kahne
Racing Red Bull Maxim rounding out the Top Five.
“What a team effort tonight by DJ (Lindsey), Troy (Dollansky) and Luke (Dollansky)
tonight,” said a smiling Dollansky in victory lane. “They put such a car
under me tonight that it was unreal. It truly was fun to wheel this
Aggressive Hydraulics-backed car and pick up a win for them as they are our
primary sponsor this weekend. The track was also great too. Tons of grip and
I could run anywhere.”
Dollansky was near the front all night long but had to contend with Rose and
four-time series champion and North Dakota native Schatz. After getting
passed for the lead, Rose did his best to fend off Schatz as the laps wound
down before Schatz pulled in front of Rose coming off Turn 4 with the
checkers in sight.
“I wish I could be happy to tell you that we are excited because of a second
place finish but we’re not,” said Schatz, who with 106 victories in his
career remains one win away from tying his childhood hero Doug Wolfgang.
“We’ve been consistent all year but we want to win races. You want to see
those trophies add up. It’s going to take about 15 of them to win this
championship.”
Despite being third across the finish line, Rose received a standing ovation
from the huge crowd when he emerged from his car for post-race festivities.
“Just to be standing amongst these guys is cool, I don’t care what anyone
says,” said Rose, an owner and driver who raced a chassis built in 2006. “We
were pretty good on both the top and low line and the car ran really fast
all night long. Lapped traffic held me up a bit and Craig really found
something coming off the corners and that allowed him to get by. We’re
getting closer though.”
Defending series champion Jason Meyers was the night’s fastest qualifier and
finished sixth, maintaining his third-place position in the championship
standings.
The Outlaws are back in action Saturday night to wrap up the Duel in the
Dakotas at River Cities Speedway before invading Princeton (Minn.) Speedway
next Saturday (June 25) and Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D., next Sunday
(June 26).
RIVER CITIES SPEEDWAY NOTEBOOK
QUICK TIME – Jason Meyers was the night’s fastest qualifier with a lap
around the 3/10-mile oval in 9.681 seconds at 111.559 mph, earning five
championship points. Donny Schatz, Craig Dollansky, Cody Darrah and Sammy
Swindell also earned qualifying points. It marked Meyers second Quick Time
of the season.
WINNERS - There have been 22 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature
events in 2011. The winners include: Steve Kinser – 5 (Volusia Speedway Park
on Feb. 11 and 12, Pike County Raceway on Feb. 25, the Dirt Track at Las
Vegas on March 4, Lakeside Speedway on June 4); Sammy Swindell – 4 (Royal
Purple Raceway on Feb. 26, Merced Speedway on April 1, Tri-State Speedway on
April 30, Knoxville Raceway on June 11);Craig Dollansky – 3 (Silver Dollar
Speedway on March 12, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3, River Cities
Speedway on June 17); Joey Saldana – 3(Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3,
Thunderbowl Raceway on March 19, Eldora Speedway on May 6); Jason Sides – 3
(Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 13, Calistoga Speedway on April 2, I-96
Speedway on May 30); Paul McMahan – 2(the Dirt Track at Charlotte on May 28,
Belleville Highbanks on June 3); Daryn Pittman – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway
on May 13); Donny Schatz – 1(Attica Raceway Park on May 20.)
NEW ONLINE HOME – Make sure to check out the all-new WorldofOutlaws.com for
the latest news and results, plus exclusive driver interviews, video and
pictures. Also listen to every event live at DIRTVision.com .
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; River Cities
Speedway; Grand Forks, N.D.; June 17, 2011
A-Main - (40 Laps) - 1. 7-Craig Dollansky [3] [$10,000]; 2. 15-Donny Schatz
[5] [$5,000]; 3. 6R-Bill Rose [1] [$3,000]; 4. 11-Steve Kinser [4] [$2,700];
5. 9-Joey Saldana [2] [$2,500]; 6. 14-Jason Meyers [6] [$2,200]; 7.
59-Brooke Tatnell [8] [$2,000]; 8. 92-Kerry Madsen [14] [$1,800]; 9. 6-Kraig
Kinser [7] [$1,600]; 10. 83-Paul McMahan [13] [$1,450]; 11. 1-Sammy Swindell
[12] [$1,300]; 12. 1S-Kevin Swindell [10] [$1,200]; 13. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [16]
[$1,100]; 14. 7S-Jason Sides [15] [$1,000]; 15. 13-Mark Dobmeier [9] [$950];
16. 8-Casey Mack [17] [$900]; 17. 63-Chad Kemenah [18] [$850]; 18. 92M-Mitch
Mack [22] [$750]; 19. 1K-Chris Shirek [20] [$725]; 20. 91-Cody Darrah [11]
[$700]; 21. 2-Austin Pierce [19] [$700]; 22. 10TRB-Bob Martin [21] [$700];
23. 11K-Nick Shirek [23] [$700]; 24. 5-Dave Glennon [24] [$700]. Lap
Leaders:Bill Rose 1-18, Craig Dollansky 19-40. KSE Hard Charger
Award:92-Kerry Madsen [+6].
Qualifying - 1. 14-Jason Meyers, 9.681; 2. 15-Donny Schatz, 9.719; 3.
7-Craig Dollansky, 9.745; 4. 91-Cody Darrah, 9.756; 5. 1-Sammy Swindell,
9.778; 6. 83-Paul McMahan, 9.778; 7. 92-Kerry Madsen, 9.779; 8. 7S-Jason
Sides, 9.780; 9. 11-Steve Kinser, 9.813; 10. 6R-Bill Rose, 9.820; 11. 9-Joey
Saldana, 9.824; 12. 1S-Kevin Swindell, 9.837; 13. 6-Kraig Kinser, 9.841; 14.
59-Brooke Tatnell, 9.864; 15. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 9.865; 16. 13-Mark Dobmeier,
9.878; 17. 8-Casey Mack, 9.909; 18. 63-Chad Kemenah, 9.953; 19. 2-Austin
Pierce, 10.124; 20. 1K-Chris Shirek, 10.154; 21. 10TRB-Bob Martin, 10.263;
22. 92M-Mitch Mack, 10.402; 23. 17-Todd Michelson, 10.424; 24. 31-Shane
Roemeling, 10.454; 25. 11K-Nick Shirek, 10.477; 26. 19K-Kohlan Fedyk,
10.522; 27. 14X-Tom Egeland, 10.535; 28. 5-Dave Glennon, 10.539; 29. 25-Cory
Mack, 10.547; 30. 91K-Kyle Fedyk, 10.789; 31. 50-Ryan Flaten, 10.958; 32.
9N-Wade Nygard, NT.
Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A- Main) - 1. 11-Steve
Kinser [2]; 2. 6-Kraig Kinser [1]; 3. 14-Jason Meyers [4]; 4. 1-Sammy
Swindell [3]; 5. 10TRB-Bob Martin [6]; 6. 11K-Nick Shirek [7]; 7. 8-Casey
Mack [5]; 8. 25-Cory Mack [8].
Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A- Main) - 1. 59-Brooke
Tatnell [1]; 2. 6R-Bill Rose [2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz [4]; 4. 83-Paul McMahan
[3]; 5. 63-Chad Kemenah [5]; 6. 92M-Mitch Mack [6]; 7. 91K-Kyle Fedyk [8];
8. 19K-Kohlan Fedyk [7].
Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A- Main) - 1. 9-Joey
Saldana [2]; 2. 7-Craig Dollansky [4]; 3. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [1]; 4. 92-Kerry
Madsen [3]; 5. 2-Austin Pierce [5]; 6. 17-Todd Michelson [6]; 7. 50-Ryan
Flaten [8]; 8. 14X-Tom Egeland [7].
Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A- Main) - 1. 13-Mark
Dobmeier [1]; 2. 1S-Kevin Swindell [2]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [3]; 4. 91-Cody
Darrah [4]; 5. 1K-Chris Shirek [5]; 6. 5-Dave Glennon [7]; 7. 9N-Wade Nygard
[8]; 8. 31-Shane Roemeling [6].
Dash - (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of
A-Main) - 1. 6R-Bill Rose [2]; 2. 9-Joey Saldana [1]; 3. 7-Craig Dollansky
[4]; 4. 11-Steve Kinser [3]; 5. 15-Donny Schatz [5]; 6. 14-Jason Meyers [6];
7. 6-Kraig Kinser [8]; 8. 59-Brooke Tatnell [9]; 9. 13-Mark Dobmeier [10];
10. 1S-Kevin Swindell [7].
Last Chance Showdown (B-Main) - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the
A-Main) - 1. 8-Casey Mack [1] [-]; 2. 92M-Mitch Mack [2] [-]; 3. 5-Dave
Glennon [8] [-]; 4. 11K-Nick Shirek [5] [-]; 5. 9N-Wade Nygard [12] [$200];
6. 50-Ryan Flaten [11] [$180]; 7. 25-Cory Mack [9] [$175]; 8. 31-Shane
Roemeling [4] [$160]; 9. 17-Todd Michelson [3] [$150]; 10. 19K-Kohlan Fedyk
[6] [$150]; 11. 91K-Kyle Fedyk [10] [$150]; 12. 14X-Tom Egeland [7] [$150].
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World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
Championship Standings
Through River Cities Speedway, June 17, 2011
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The World of Outlaws Sprint
Car Series is brought to fans across the country by many important sponsors
and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car Care Products), STP
(Official Fuel Treatment), Goodyear Tires (Official Tire), Chizmark & Larson
Insurance , Factory Motor Parts, VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), Vicci
(Official Apparel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake's Custom Golf
Carts, RacingJunk.com KSE Race Products, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo and
R2C Performance; Engine Builder's Challenge participants Don Ott Racing
Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines; and
Chassis Builder's Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing and
XXX Race Company.
McMahan Scores First Victory of 2011
at the Dirt Track at Charlotte
Kinser uses runner up finish to take series points lead from Saldana
By Kyle Luetters
CONCORD, N.C. — May 28, 2011
— Paul McMahan had no idea what his 2011 racing plans were when he took off
for a vacation in Cancun, Mexico last fall. McMahan spent 2010 subbing for
the injured Cody Darrah in the #91 Great Clips Maxim for NASCAR star Kasey
Kahne. The Elk Grove, Calif. native picked up a victory at the famed Eldora
Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio en route to an 8thplace finish in the final
standings. Even with his solid season, McMahan was still unsure of what the
future held.
“I called Kasey and asked him what the plan was for 2011 and he told me to
give him a few weeks,” said a smiling and relieved McMahan. “Dennis (Roth)
called me when I was down in Cancun and told me to call Kasey. When I did,
he told me that he had found a ride for me. Kasey had put it all together
himself and I was extremely happy that I was going to be driving for him for
another season.”
With Kahne looking on, McMahan wheeled his #83 HR Cattle Maxim into victory
lane in the Circle K NOS Energy Drink Outlaw Showdown at the Dirt Track at
Charlotte. Heavy rains had delayed the event 24 hours but as the ‘Greatest
Show on Dirt,’ took to the speedway, McMahan was at the top nearly all night
long. McMahan set quick time for the fifth time on the season and kept his
nose clean throughout his heat and the dash. Germantown, Tenn. native Sammy
Swindell started the A-main on the pole and led the first 14 laps until a
restart bunched up the field and gave McMahan his shot. The two drivers
raced feverishly and at one point made contact down the front stretch as the
green flag flew.
“Sammy slid up into me a little bit and tried to block me but I was going to
hold my ground,” said McMahan. “I wasn’t going to give an inch.”
While Kasey Kahne Racing got to victory lane with McMahan, two of the four
KKR machines entered in to the nights events experienced trouble. Kevin
Gobrecht Rookie of the Year candidate Cody Darrah experienced motor issues
and the #49 of Brad Sweet experienced an overheating motor after losing a
left rear tire.
“We had an up and down night with the Great Clips Maxim,” said Darrah, a
native of Red Lion, Penn. “We learned quite a bit that we can use for later
on but unfortunately we lost a motor and that ended our night early. We’re
disappointed. We won a heat race and had high hopes.”
Swindell was running second to McMahan until a flat left rear tire sent him
into the pit area. When the Big Game Treestands crew arrived to change the
tire, they discovered the front brake lines were broken which left Swindell
with no brakes, effectively ending his night.
The Tony Stewart Racing tandem of Steve Kinser and Donny Schatz came home
second and third respectively. According to Schatz, the race track lent
itself to some great racing and tested the drivers stamina.
“We raced pretty hard tonight, there’s no doubt about that,” said the four
time champion from Fargo, N.D. “The track widened out really well and we
were just flat out the entire time. It was an extremely fast race track
tonight and very demanding on us as drivers.”
2010 Champion Jason Meyers came home fourth with Mechanicsburg Penn. native
Lucas Wolfe rounding out the top-5. NASCAR star Tony Stewart made it around
Joey Saldana to finish 10thon the night. With his 11thplace run, Saldana
relinquished the points lead to Kinser and now trails the 20-time champion
by 9 points.
The Outlaws now head back to I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich., on Monday,
May 30, to make up the “Rumble in Michigan,” which was originally scheduled
for Saturday, May 21.
THE DIRT TRACK AT CHARLOTTE NOTEBOOK:
QUICK TIME – Paul McMahan was the night’s fastest qualifier with a lap
around the four-tenths mile oval in 12.496 seconds, earning five
championship points. Chad Kemenah, Jason Meyers, Bill Rose and Kerry Madsen
also earned qualifying points. It marked McMahan’s series-leading
fifth-quick time of the season.
WINNERS - There have been 17 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature
events in 2011. The winners include: Steve Kinser – 4 (Volusia Speedway Park
on Feb. 11 and 12, Pike County Raceway on Feb. 25, the Dirt Track at Las
Vegas on March 4); Joey Saldana – 3(Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3,
Thunderbowl Raceway on March 19, Eldora Speedway on May 6); Sammy Swindell –
3 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 26, Merced Speedway on April 1, Tri-State
Speedway on April 30); Craig Dollansky – 2(Silver Dollar Speedway on March
12, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3); Jason Sides – 2 (Volusia Speedway
Park on Feb. 13, Calistoga Speedway on April 2); Paul McMahan – 1(the Dirt
Track at Charlotte on May 28); Daryn Pittman – 1 (Williams Grove Speedway on
May 13); Donny Schatz – 1(Attica Raceway Park on May 20.)
NEW ONLINE HOME – Make sure to check out the all-new WorldofOutlaws.com for
the latest news and results, plus exclusive driver interviews, video and
pictures. Also listen to every event live at DIRTVision.com .
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; the Dirt Track at
Charlotte; May 28, 2011
A-Main - (30 Laps)
1. 83-Paul McMahan[3][$10,000]; 2. 11-Steve Kinser[2][$5,500]; 3. 15-Donny
Schatz[9][$3,200]; 4. 14-Jason Meyers[4][$2,800]; 5. 5W-Lucas
Wolfe[8][$2,500]; 6. 7-Craig Dollansky[15][$2,300]; 7. 92-Kerry
Madsen[11][$2,200]; 8. 63-Chad Kemenah[7][$2,100]; 9. 7S-Jason
Sides[13][$2,050]; 10. 14T-Tony Stewart[16][$2,000]; 11. 9-Joey
Saldana[6][$1,500]; 12. 6R-Bill Rose[5][$1,200]; 13. 1Z-Jessica
Zemken[17][$1,100]; 14. 6-Kraig Kinser[19][$1,050]; 15. 5T-Travis
Philo[22][$1,000]; 16. 1-Sammy Swindell[1][$900]; 17. 59-Brooke
Tatnell[21][$800]; 18. 49-Brad Sweet[14][$800]; 19. 1S-Kevin
Swindell[12][$800]; 20. 21B-Brandon McLain[24][$800]; 21. 91-Cody
Darrah[10][$800]; 22. 6W-Brad Wickham[23][$800]; 23. 1X-Matt
Linder[20][$800]; 24. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.[18][$800]
Qualifying -
1. 83-Paul McMahan, 12.492; 2. 63-Chad Kemenah, 12.535; 3. 14-Jason Meyers,
12.589; 4. 6R-Bill Rose, 12.594; 5. 92-Kerry Madsen, 12.597; 6. 1S-Kevin
Swindell, 12.600; 7. 7S-Jason Sides, 12.617; 8. 11-Steve Kinser, 12.626; 9.
1-Sammy Swindell, 12.632; 10. 9-Joey Saldana, 12.636; 11. 15-Donny Schatz,
12.641; 12. 5W-Lucas Wolfe, 12.666; 13. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.709; 14. 7-Craig
Dollansky, 12.737; 15. 14T-Tony Stewart, 12.754; 16. 91-Cody Darrah, 12.763;
17. 1Z-Jessica Zemken, 12.765; 18. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr., 12.797; 19. 6-Kraig
Kinser, 12.845; 20. 2B-Ben Gregg, 12.880; 21. 1X-Matt Linder, 12.913; 22.
59-Brooke Tatnell, 12.917; 23. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.125; 24. 6W-Brad Wickham,
13.841; 25. 6X-Mark Cole, 13.851; 26. 21B-Brandon McLain, 14.251; 27.
69-Brandon Rekow, 14.758; 28. 3F-Rick Fraley, 15.043
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 91-Cody Darrah[6] ; 2. 9-Joey Saldana[1] ; 3. 83-Paul McMahan[4] ; 4.
59-Brooke Tatnell[8] ; 5. 6R-Bill Rose[3] ; 6. 6-Kraig Kinser[7] ; 7.
49-Brad Sweet[5] ; 8. 7S-Jason Sides[2] ; 9. 6X-Mark Cole[9]
Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 11-Steve Kinser[2] ; 2. 15-Donny Schatz[1] ; 3. 92-Kerry Madsen[3] ; 4.
63-Chad Kemenah[4] ; 5. 7-Craig Dollansky[5] ; 6. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[6] ; 7.
21B-Brandon McLain[9] ; 8. 5T-Travis Philo[8] ; 9. 2B-Ben Gregg[7]
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1-Sammy Swindell[2] ; 2. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[1] ; 3. 14-Jason Meyers[4] ; 4.
1S-Kevin Swindell[3] ; 5. 14T-Tony Stewart[5] ; 6. 1X-Matt Linder[7] ; 7.
2L-Ed Lynch Jr.[6] ; 8. 6W-Brad Wickham[8] ; 9. 69-Brandon Rekow[9]
Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 10 starting positions of
A-feature
1. 1-Sammy Swindell[1] ; 2. 11-Steve Kinser[2] ; 3. 83-Paul McMahan[6] ; 4.
14-Jason Meyers[4] ; 5. 6R-Bill Rose[3] ; 6. 9-Joey Saldana[7] ; 7. 63-Chad
Kemenah[5] ; 8. 5W-Lucas Wolfe[9] ; 9. 15-Donny Schatz[8] ; 10. 91-Cody
Darrah[10]
B-Main - (10 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 7S-Jason Sides[1] [-]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[2] [-]; 3. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.[3]
[-]; 4. 5T-Travis Philo[4] [-]; 5. 6W-Brad Wickham[5] [-]; 6. 21B-Brandon
McLain[7] [-]; 7. 6X-Mark Cole[6] [$200]; 8. 69-Brandon Rekow[8] [$180]; 9.
2B-Ben Gregg[-] [$175]; 10. 3F-Rick Fraley[-] [$160]
Lap Leaders: Sammy Swindell 1-14, Paul McMahan 15-30
KSE Hard Charger Award: 7-Craig Dollansky
World of Outlaws Series Points Standings as of
May 28:
(Name, points, deficit, wins, top-5’s, top-10’s, QT’s)
1. Steve Kinser 2506 4 9 16 1
2. Joey Saldana 2497 -9 3 10 12 3
3. Donny Schatz 2485 -21 1 11 13 1
4. Jason Meyers 2439 -67 0 7 14 1
5. Jason Sides 2409 -97 2 7 14 1
6. Craig Dollansky 2396 -110 2 7 12 1
7. Paul McMahan 2234 -117 1 6 11 5
8. Lucas Wolfe 2256 -250 0 2 8 0
9. Cody Darrah 2245 -261 0 4 8 0
10. Sammy Swindell 2229 -277 3 8 9 2
11. Chad Kemenah 2218 -284 0 1 6 1
12. Kraig Kinser 2182 -324 0 2 6 0
13. Bill Rose 2024 -482 0 0 1 0
14. Ben Gregg 1758 -748 0 0 0 0
15. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 1029 -1477 0 2 5 0
16. Lance Dewease 982 -1524 0 0 2 0
17. Brad Sweet 976 -1530 0 0 1 0
18. Jac Haudenschild 944 -1562 0 1 2 0
19. Kerry Madsen 936 -1570 0 0 2 0
20. Terry McCarl 804 -1702 0 0 1 0
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country
by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car
Care Products), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), Goodyear Tires (Official
Tire), Chizmark & Larson Insurance , Factory Motor Parts, VP Racing
(Official Racing Fuel), Vicci (Official Apparel); in addition to contingency
sponsors, Jake's Custom Golf Carts, RacingJunk.com KSE Race Products, Racing
Electronics, S&S Volvo and R2C Performance; Engine Builder's Challenge
participants Don Ott Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and
Speedway Engines; and Chassis Builder's Challenge participants J&J Auto
Racing, Maxim Racing and XXX Race Company.
Schatz Attacks Attica for First
World of Outlaws Victory of 2011
Four-time champ holds off Dollansky while Shaffer charges from 23rd to 3rd
By Kyle Luetters Schatz Picks up Career Win Number 106 from World of Outlaws Sprint Cars on Vimeo.
ATTICA, Ohio. — May 20, 2011 — After several close calls and some early
season frustrations, Donny Schatz finally broke through on Friday night at
Attica Raceway Park for his first World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victory
of the season.
It was the 106thtriumph of his career, and the perfect way to wrap up his
car owner Tony Stewart’s birthday. It also moves the four-time champion to
within victory one of tying his childhood idol, Doug Wolfgang, on the
Outlaws all-time career win list.
Schatz was strong all night in his STP/Armor All/Chevrolet J&J, running
third in the dash to secure the inside of Row 2 on the starting grid for the
40-lap A-main. He quickly slid past pole-sitter Phil Gressman and fought off
Craig Dollansky’s charge for victory.
“Ideally, I would have liked to started about fifth or sixth,” said Schatz,
of Fargo, N.D., who also won in 2008 at Attica. “However, once the race got
going, I was able to find a good line around the bottom of (turns) one and
two and the outside in three and four. Towards the end of the race, I
started over driving it a bit and slid up into the middle and found out I
could still get some grip. We had a car that could run all over and that is
a testament to Ricky Warner and this whole team. We were great all night.”
Schatz was cruising until the first caution flew with 23 laps complete. That
was the first of four caution periods – including a red flag for Jac
Haudenschild’s flip with nine to go - that forced Schatz to decide which
lane was best on double-file restarts. Dollansky tried a slide job on the
closing laps in the Big Game Treestands Maxim, but then had a battle on his
hands with 2010 Knoxville Nationals champion Tim Shaffer, who had charged
from 23rdto finish third.
“I felt like we had a good shot at getting around (Schatz) had we stayed
green,” said Dollansky, a native of Elk River, Minn., who has led a
series-high 93 laps this season. “That red flag coming out killed us a bit
because we did have a better car on the longer runs. I tried to dive in
there deep and hoped it would get enough bite to get around Schatz but it
just didn’t hold. We were good all night on the top and if we were going to
get him, it was probably going to have to be there.”
Shaffer tried to dive below Dollansky for the second spot on the last lap
but came up just short and settled for the third position.
“We had a very decent run tonight and the top was really working for us,”
said Shaffer, of Aliquippa, Pa., who was the KSE Hard Charger after passing
20 cars. “We managed to keep our nose clean and run strong. We gained quite
a bit of knowledge tonight.”
Following his flip in Turn 2 that brought out a red flag with 31 laps
complete, Ohio fan favorite Haudenschild emerged from the wreckage unharmed
and waved to the fans, receiving a thunderous response.
Sam Hafertepe Jr. had another strong outing with the World of Outlaws to
finish fourth, while defending series champion Jason Meyers was fifth and
enters Saturday’s event at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich., aiming to
win at that track for the third year in a row.
Series points leader Joey Saldana never quite found his groove, finishing
11thafter starting 18th. Steve Kinser continues chasing Saldana in the
overall standings, using his sixth-place finish Friday night to cut
Saldana’s lead to 27 points. Only 97 points separates Saldana in first to
Jason Sides in fifth.
The Outlaws invade I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich., on Saturday night
(May 21) before heading southeast on Friday, May 27, to compete during Speed
Weeks at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
ATTICA RACEWAY PARK NOTEBOOK
QUICK TIME – Paul McMahan was the night’s fastest qualifier with a lap
around the one-third oval in 12.496 seconds, earning five championship
points. Dale Blaney, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Duane Zablocki and Dean Jacobs also
earned qualifying points. It marked McMahan’s series-leading fourth-quick
time of the season.
WINNERS - There have been 16 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-Feature
events in 2011. The winners include: Steve Kinser – 4 (Volusia Speedway Park
on Feb. 11 and 12, Pike County Raceway on Feb. 25, the Dirt Track at Las
Vegas on March 4); Joey Saldana – 3(Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3,
Thunderbowl Raceway on March 19, Eldora Speedway on May 6); Sammy Swindell –
3 (Royal Purple Raceway on Feb. 26, Merced Speedway on April 1, Tri-State
Speedway on April 30); Craig Dollansky – 2(Silver Dollar Speedway on March
12, Salina Highbanks Speedway on May 3);Jason Sides – 2 (Volusia Speedway
Park on Feb. 13, Calistoga Speedway on April 2); Daryn Pittman – 1 (Williams
Grove Speedway on May 13); Donny Schatz – 1(Attica Raceway Park on May 20.)
NEW ONLINE HOME – Make sure to check out the all-new
WorldofOutlaws.com for the latest news and results, plus exclusive driver
interviews, video and pictures. Also listen to every event live at
DIRTVision.com .
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Statistical Report; Attica (Ohio)
Raceway Park; May 20, 2011
A-Main - (40 Laps) - 1.
15-Donny Schatz [3] [$10,000]; 2. 7-Craig Dollansky [4] [$5,500]; 3. 83X-Tim
Shaffer [23] [$3,200]; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [6] [$2,800]; 5. 14-Jason
Meyers [8] [$2,500]; 6. 11-Steve Kinser [2] [$2,300]; 7. 7S-Jason Sides [24]
[$2,200]; 8. 2-Dale Blaney [5] [$2,100]; 9. 4-Danny Smith [22] [$2,050]; 10.
83-Paul McMahan [13] [$2,000]; 11. 9-Joey Saldana [18] [$1,500]; 12.
5W-Lucas Wolfe [10] [$1,200]; 13. 97-Dean Jacobs [14] [$1,100]; 14. W20-Greg
Wilson [16] [$1,050]; 15. 92-Kerry Madsen [20] [$1,000]; 16. 53-Phil
Gressman [1] [$900]; 17. O9-Craig Mintz [19] [$800]; 18. 16-Bryan Sebbetto
[21] [$800]; 19. 14S-Stevie Smith [11] [$800]; 20. 6R-Bill Rose [12] [$800];
21. 2B-Ben Gregg [26] [$800]; 22. 63-Chad Kemenah [15] [$800]; 23. 5-Byron
Reed [17] [$800]; 24. 91-Cody Darrah [25] [$800]; 25. 6M-Jac Haudenschild
[9]; 26. 6-Kraig Kinser [7]. Lap Leaders:Phil Gressman 1, Donny Schatz 2-40.
KSE Hard Charger Award:83X-Tim Shaffer [+20].
Qualifying - 1. 83-Paul McMahan, 12.495; 2. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.533; 3.
15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 12.554; 4. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.563; 5. 97-Dean
Jacobs, 12.598; 6. 11-Steve Kinser, 12.605; 7. 63-Chad Kemenah, 12.623; 8.
W20-Greg Wilson, 12.635; 9. 5-Byron Reed, 12.657; 10. 9-Joey Saldana,
12.678; 11. 53-Phil Gressman, 12.701; 12. 7-Craig Dollansky, 12.707; 13.
1Z-Jessica Zemken, 12.736; 14. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.767; 15. 6R-Bill Rose,
12.780; 16. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.796; 17. 92-Kerry Madsen, 12.806; 18. 6M-Jac
Haudenschild, 12.819; 19. 14S-Stevie Smith, 12.850; 20. 3J-Kevin Lee,
12.887; 21. 16-Bryan Sebbetto, 12.900; 22. 40-Caleb Helms, 12.924; 23.
6-Kraig Kinser, 12.926; 24. 4-Danny Smith, 12.952; 25. 93-Sheldon
Haudenschild, 12.970; 26. 5T-Travis Philo, 12.988; 27. 89G-David Gravel,
13.014; 28. 4K-Kody Kinser, 13.015; 29. 14-Jason Meyers, 13.024; 30.
5W-Lucas Wolfe, 13.027; 31. 312-Mike Linder, 13.040; 32. 2B-Ben Gregg,
13.048; 33. 45-Rob Chaney, 13.054; 34. 27-Scott Euler, 13.059; 35. 83X-Tim
Shaffer, 13.065; 36. 7S-Jason Sides, 13.093; 37. 9X-Brandon Martin, 13.175;
38. 91-Cody Darrah, 13.188; 39. 78-Todd Kane, 13.229; 40. O-Chris Andrews,
13.347; 41. 22-Cole Duncan, 13.365; 42. 10-Brad Haudenschild, 13.401; 43.
91X-Aaron Middaugh, 13.418; 44. 11N-Ed Neumeister, 13.423; 45. 60K-Jody
Keegan, 13.424; 46. 45L-Brian Lay, 13.490; 47. 12-Jared Ridge, 13.547; 48.
28-Shawn Valenti, 13.548; 49. 60-Kory Crabtree, 13.633; 50. 33K-Kyle
Patrick, 13.662; 51. 35-Wes McGlumphy, 13.940; 52. 15X-Mitch Harble, 14.048;
53. 6Z-Zach Ames, 14.052; 54. 3T-Johnny Beaber, 14.058; 55. 51-Brad Bowman,
14.181; 56. 3F-Rick Fraley, 14.344; 57. 32-Chase Stockon, NT.
Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 15-Donny
Schatz [1]; 2. 53-Phil Gressman [2]; 3. 7S-Jason Sides [8]; 4. 11-Steve
Kinser [3]; 5. 83-Paul McMahan [4]; 6. 16-Bryan Sebbetto [5]; 7. 22-Cole
Duncan [9]; 8. 312-Mike Linder [7]; 9. 45L-Brian Lay [10]; 10. 5T-Travis
Philo [6]; 11. 35-Wes McGlumphy [11]; 12. 3F-Rick Fraley [12].
Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 7-Craig
Dollansky [2]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney [4]; 3. 92-Kerry Madsen [1]; 4. 63-Chad
Kemenah [3]; 5. 89G-David Gravel [6]; 6. 9X-Brandon Martin [8]; 7. 2B-Ben
Gregg [7]; 8. 12-Jared Ridge [10]; 9. 15X-Mitch Harble [11]; 10. 32-Chase
Stockon [12]; 11. 10-Brad Haudenschild [9]; 12. 40-Caleb Helms [5].
Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 6M-Jac
Haudenschild [1]; 2. 6-Kraig Kinser [5]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [4]; 4.
W20-Greg Wilson [3]; 5. 91-Cody Darrah [8]; 6. 1Z-Jessica Zemken [2]; 7.
6Z-Zach Ames [11]; 8. 28-Shawn Valenti [10]; 9. 91X-Aaron Middaugh [9]; 10.
4K-Kody Kinser [6]; 11. 45-Rob Chaney [7].
Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1.
14S-Stevie Smith [1]; 2. 14-Jason Meyers [6]; 3. O9-Craig Mintz [2]; 4.
4-Danny Smith [5]; 5. 5-Byron Reed [3]; 6. 78-Todd Kane [8]; 7. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki [4]; 8. 60-Kory Crabtree [10]; 9. 11N-Ed Neumeister [9]; 10.
3T-Johnny Beaber [11]; 11. 27-Scott Euler [7].
Heat 5 - (10 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 5W-Lucas
Wolfe [6]; 2. 6R-Bill Rose [2]; 3. 83X-Tim Shaffer [7]; 4. 9-Joey Saldana
[3]; 5. 97-Dean Jacobs [4]; 6. 3J-Kevin Lee [1]; 7. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild
[5]; 8. O-Chris Andrews [8]; 9. 60K-Jody Keegan [9]; 10. 51-Brad Bowman
[11]; 11. 33K-Kyle Patrick [10].
Dash - (8 Laps, finishing order determined first 12 starting positions of
A-feature) - 1. 53-Phil Gressman [1]; 2. 11-Steve Kinser [2]; 3. 15-Donny
Schatz [7]; 4. 7-Craig Dollansky [5]; 5. 2-Dale Blaney [4]; 6. 15H-Sam
Hafertepe Jr. [3]; 7. 6-Kraig Kinser [10]; 8. 14-Jason Meyers [11]; 9.
6M-Jac Haudenschild [8]; 10. 5W-Lucas Wolfe [12]; 11. 14S-Stevie Smith [9];
12. 6R-Bill Rose [6].
D-Main - (8 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 60-Kory
Crabtree [1] [$100]; 2. 15X-Mitch Harble [4] [$100]; 3. 6Z-Zach Ames [5]
[$100]; 4. 35-Wes McGlumphy [3] [$100]; 5. 3T-Johnny Beaber [6] [$100]; 6.
33K-Kyle Patrick [2] [$100]; 7. 32-Chase Stockon [9] [$100]; 8. 51-Brad
Bowman [7] [$100]; 9. 3F-Rick Fraley [8] [$100].
C-Main - (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature) - 1.
9X-Brandon Martin [1] [-]; 2. 22-Cole Duncan [5] [-]; 3. 78-Todd Kane [3]
[$150]; 4. O-Chris Andrews [4] [$125]; 5. 60-Kory Crabtree [12] [$125]; 6.
45L-Brian Lay [9] [$100]; 7. 91-Cody Darrah [2] [$100]; 8. 15X-Mitch Harble
[13] [$100]; 9. 91X-Aaron Middaugh [6] [$100]; 10. 28-Shawn Valenti [11]
[$100]; 11. 11N-Ed Neumeister [7] [$100]; 12. 12-Jared Ridge [10] [$100];
13. 60K-Jody Keegan [8] [$100]; 14. 10-Brad Haudenschild [14] [$100].
B-Main - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 83-Paul
McMahan [1] [-]; 2. 97-Dean Jacobs [3] [-]; 3. 5-Byron Reed [4] [-]; 4.
16-Bryan Sebbetto [7] [-]; 5. 9X-Brandon Martin [17] [$200]; 6. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki [2] [$180]; 7. 312-Mike Linder [13] [$175]; 8. 1Z-Jessica Zemken
[5] [$160]; 9. 45-Rob Chaney [15] [$150]; 10. 4K-Kody Kinser [12] [$150];
11. 3J-Kevin Lee [6] [$150]; 12. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild [9] [$150]; 13.
2B-Ben Gregg [14] [$150]; 14. 40-Caleb Helms [8] [$150]; 15. 27-Scott Euler
[16] [$150]; 16. 89G-David Gravel [11] [$150]; 17. 5T-Travis Philo [10]
[$150]; 18. 22-Cole Duncan [18] [$150].
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World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Championship Standings, through May 20, 2011
|
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country
by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car
Care Products), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), Goodyear Tires (Official
Tire), Chizmark & Larson Insurance , Factory Motor Parts, VP Racing
(Official Racing Fuel), Vicci (Official Apparel); in addition to contingency
sponsors, Jake's Custom Golf Carts, RacingJunk.com KSE Race Products, Racing
Electronics, S&S Volvo; Engine Builder's Challenge participants Don Ott
Racing Engines, Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines;
and Chassis Builder's Challenge participants J&J Auto Racing, Maxim Racing
and XXX Race Company.
Can Kinser and Schatz Repeat at 40th
DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH?
Tony Stewart Racing teammates are defending World of Outlaws winners at
Volusia
By Kyle Luetters / 2010 file photo © Tim Johnson
CONCORD,
N.C. - Feb. 5, 2011 - Tony Stewart. Steve Kinser. Donny Schatz. A year ago
at the DIRTcar Nationals by University of Northwestern Ohio those three
superstars came together to form a World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
powerhouse. Stewart put together a team with 24 series championships
combined. Fans were somewhat awestruck by the pairing fierce competitors
Schatz and Kinser under Stewart's ownership. Many figured the championship
battle would come down to the two TSR stars.
It was tough to argue, too, when they showed off their domination beginning
with the initial green flag at Volusia Speedway Park. Schatz captured
opening night and Kinser followed up with a victory one night later. Of
course, the season played out and while Schatz and Kinser were in the title
hunt all year, Kasey Kahne Racing's Joey Saldana and Jason Meyers didn't
back down, with Meyers becoming the first Californian to win a World of
Outlaws championship.
Now, a year later entering the 40th Annual DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH
beginning Tuesday, Feb. 8, the expectations remain sky high for the TSR
team. Schatz surged down the stretch last fall but came up just short as
Meyers dominated the World Finals at Charlotte. Another successful
off-season of racing in Australia will give Schatz the momentum he counts on
for a fast start. As for Kinser, last year marked the first time since 2005
he was back atop the championship hunt during the heat of the season.
Entering this year's opener at Volusia, there's little doubt everybody will
be wondering if Schatz can win a fifth title or if Kinser can capture his
21st crown.
"It wasn't a bad first season at Tony Stewart Racing," said Kinser, of
Bloomington, Ind., and one of the original Outlaws in 1978. "We were right
in the hunt all year. We won some races, but just had a few bumps in the
road and that's what ended up costing us the title."
After four consecutive World of Outlaws championships, the competition
finally caught up to Schatz last year. However he knows the ground he made
up down the stretch combined with his focused effort in Australia during the
winter gives him a bit of an edge this week at Volusia Speedway Park, which
is just a short drive from Daytona Beach, Fla.
"Last year we didn't adhere to the changes like we needed too and that put
us behind a little bit," said Schatz, of Fargo, N.D. "We learned a lot at
the end of last year and used Australia as a stepping stone and really
figured out the things we needed to get back on top."
A noticeable difference in the Schatz's #15 ride this year will be a
completely new look as STP has become his team's primary sponsor.
"We're really excited to be a part of the promotion of STP and hopefully can
be as successful for them as we have been for Armor All."
Despite having 2010 seasons that many drivers would be proud of, Schatz and
Kinser expect to win races and championships. That's clearly their goal in
2011.
"The bottom line is that we were good for a majority of the season," Kinser
said. "If we get back to that level again this year and can eliminate a few
of those rough nights, I feel like we'll be right there all year long."
Schatz echoed his teammate's confidence.
"You go out one day at a time and win as much as you can," Schtaz said.
"That's where this team deserves to be and where I expect to have them."
Tickets to see Kinser and Schatz take on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car
Series in the 40th DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH at Volusia Speedway Park are
available online at www.WorldofOutlaws.com/tickets or by calling
386-985-4402. The racing action at Volusia kicks off on Tuesday (Feb. 8)
with the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars waving the green flag on the season
Friday (Feb. 11), Saturday (Feb. 12) and Sunday (Feb. 13).
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country
by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car
Care Products), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), Goodyear Tires (Official
Tire), Factory Motor Parts, VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), Vicci
(Official Apparel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake's Custom Golf
Carts, RacingJunk.com, KSE Race Products, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo, JE
Pistons, Wix Filters and SuperFlow; Engine Builder's Challenge participants
Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines.
Joey Saldana Aims to Defend DIRTcar
Nationals Sprint Car Title
Kasey Kahne Racing Superstar Also Sets Sights on First World of Outlaws
Championship
By Kyle Luetters / 2010 file photo © Tim Johnson
CONCORD,
N.C. - Feb. 3, 2011 - Joey Saldana was one of the hottest drivers in 2010 on
the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series national tour. He kicked off the
season by winning the DIRTcar Nationals by University of Northwestern Ohio
championship and stayed at or near the top of the series standings the
entire season.
Now, Saldana and his Kasey Kahne Racing team are gearing up invade Volusia
Speedway Park to launch the 2011 World of Outlaws season at the 40 th
DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH. His performance in 2010 raises the expectation
level, making him an immediate contender to win his - and his car owner's -
first World of Outlaws crown. He has 33 victories over the past two seasons,
more than any other driver, and last year he also managed the points battle
exceptionally well.
"Last year we had a tremendous car all week at the DIRTcar Nationals and my
crew did a great job adjusting on it," said Saldana, a native of Brownsburg,
Ind., and the son of 1970 Knoxville Nationals champion Joe Saldana.
In addition to history being in his favor, the 1996 Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of
the Year winner also spent some time this winter "Down Under" honing his
skills.
"We went down and ran eight races in Australia," Saldana said. "I felt like
we ran very well and was able to build up more momentum."
Racing wasn't the only thing Saldana was up to this off-season. He also
began training with Pit Fit, an exercise organization that works with
drivers like his car owner, Kasey Kahne, and former Indianapolis 500
champion Scott Dixon. In addition to becoming more fit and strong, Saldana
has also focused on making sure there are no lingering effects from a
concussion he suffered in a crash last fall at Eldora Speedway.
"I started working with Dynavision to make sure my mind was fully recovered
from the accident," said Saldana of the unique training technology.
With Saldana ready for a fast start, fans can also expect to see changes in
his #9 KKR machine.
"We were very happy to have been partnered with Budweiser for the past few
years," said Saldana of his team's sponsor the past several seasons. "We're
looking forward to announcing new sponsorship at the DIRTcar Nationals."
In addition to his ride, Saldana's crew is also one of the best in the
business. Willie Kahne was the crew chief in 2009 and '10, beginning this
season Kale Kahne will step into that role.
"It's going to be strange not working with Willie this season but we have a
great team and I'm sure we'll all get on the same page and be as strong as
ever."
Through the changes, Saldana's desire and determination remains intact. The
hard-charging driver will once again pilot a Maxim chassis this year. His
proven success on the track has helped raise his level of confidence in his
car, his team and himself, and he knows he's definitely a championship
contender.
"We hope we can win it," he said. "It's all about running as strong as you
can and just being there at the end."
Tickets to see Saldana and the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series compete in
the 40th DIRTcar Nationals by UNOH at Volusia Speedway Park can be purchased
online at
http://www.worldofoutlaws.com/tickets or by calling 386-985-4402 . The
racing kicks off on Tuesday (Feb. 8) with the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars
waving the green flag on the season Friday (Feb. 11), Saturday (Feb. 12) and
Sunday (Feb. 13).
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is brought to fans across the country
by many important sponsors and partners, including: Armor All (Official Car
Care Products), STP (Official Fuel Treatment), Goodyear Tires (Official
Tire), Factory Motor Parts, VP Racing (Official Racing Fuel), Vicci
(Official Apparel); in addition to contingency sponsors, Jake's Custom Golf
Carts, RacingJunk.com, KSE Race Products, Racing Electronics, S&S Volvo, JE
Pistons, Wix Filters and SuperFlow; Engine Builder's Challenge participants
Kistler Engines, Shaver Specialties and Speedway Engines.
World of Outlaws Sanctioning
Goodyear Knoxville Nationals
'Greatest Show on Dirt' returns to Sprint Car Racing's Biggest Stage in
August
CONCORD, N.C. - Jan. 7, 2011 - World Racing Group and Knoxville Raceway are
excited to announce the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series will sanction the
51st Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals Aug. 10-13, 2011, at Knoxville
Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa.
In addition, the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series is expanding its early
summer weekend at Knoxville to add a complete show on Friday, June 10, to
the previously scheduled race on Saturday, June 11.
Also, all of the action during the Goodyear Knoxville Nationals will be
captured in high-definition by the World Racing Group media production team
and will air on SPEED in a multi-hour, tape-delayed HD broadcast.
"The timing is right to work with the World of Outlaws," said Knoxville
Raceway Director of Racing Ralph Capitani. "The premier 410 racing event and
the premier national organization are working together and we're certainly
happy about that. We have a long history of running exciting Sprint Car
races together. We're looking forward to what the future holds."
The world renown Knoxville Nationals brings together competitors from across
the country and around the world for four days of intense competition at the
center of Sprint Car racing just outside of Des Moines. The Goodyear
Knoxville Nationals' purse of more than $1 million anchors Sprint Car
racing's fabled Month of Money and makes it the richest event in the sport,
with racers leaving everything on the track for a shot at becoming a legend.
"We are excited to bring the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series back to the
Knoxville Nationals," said World Racing Group CEO Brian Carter. "The World
of Outlaws and Knoxville Raceway have been synonymous for more than 30 years
and we're certainly pleased to be working together with Ralph Capitani and
his team to make the 51st Goodyear Knoxville Nationals an even greater event
for fans and competitors alike."
Every August the four-day extravaganza envelopes the town of Knoxville with
days full of music, food and camping that eventually give way to thrilling
nights of wheel-to-wheel racing at breathtaking speeds. For tickets and
information about the Goodyear Knoxville Nationals, visit
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com, or call the Knoxville Raceway box office at
641-842-5431.
World of Outlaws Shift Busy West Coast Spring Schedule: California Events in Chico, Hanford and Tulare move up one weekend
CONCORD, N.C. - Jan. 6, 2011
- The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series West Coast Spring Break in March
and April will set the stage for another epic championship battle.
Golden State native Jason Meyers will be on home turf as he aims to defend
his World of Outlaws championship title and build another points lead in
California, where three events have been shifted from the previously
released provisional schedule. The Mini Gold Cup at the Silver Dollar
Speedway bullring in Chico, Calif., will now be on Saturday, March 12. The
Outlaws remain in the Golden State the following weekend to tackle Giant
Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif., on Friday, March 18, and
Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif., on Saturday, March 19.
The series rolls into April with events Friday, April 1, at Merced Speedway
and Saturday, April 2, at Calistoga Speedway before the Outlaws begin to
trek east and continue building season-long momentum for the Fifth Annual
World of Outlaws World Finals in November at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.
2011 World of Outlaws Sprint Car
Series Schedule
(Provisional schedule subject to change)
DATE DAY TRACK LOCATION
Feb. 11 Friday Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, Fla.
Feb. 12 Saturday Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, Fla.
Feb. 13 Sunday Volusia Speedway Park Barberville, Fla.
Feb. 25 Friday Pike County Speedway Magnolia, Miss.
Feb. 26 Saturday Royal Purple Raceway Baytown, Texas
March 2 Wednesday Las Vegas
Motor Speedway Las Vegas
March 3 Thursday Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas
March 12 Saturday Silver Dollar Speedway Chico, Calif.
March 18 Friday Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway Hanford, Calif.
March 19 Saturday Thunderbowl Raceway Tulare, Calif.
April 1 Friday Merced
Speedway Merced, Calif.
April 2 Saturday Calistoga Speedway Calistoga, Calif.
April 15 Friday Paducah International Raceway Paducah, Ky.
April 16 Saturday I-55 Raceway Pevely, Mo.
April 23 Saturday Salina Highbanks Speedway Salina, Okla.
April 30 Saturday Tri-State Speedway Haubstaudt, Ind.
May 6 Friday Eldora Speedway
Rossburg, Ohio
May 7 Saturday Eldora Speedway Rossburg, Ohio
May 13 Friday Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pa.
May 14 Saturday Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pa.
May 20 Friday Attica Raceway Park Attica, Ohio
May 21 Saturday I-96 Speedway Lake Odessa, Mich.
May 27 Friday The Dirt Track at Charlotte Concord, N.C.
June 3 Friday Belleville High
Banks Belleville, Kan.
June 4 Saturday Lakeside Speedway Kansas City, Kan.
June 11 Saturday Knoxville Raceway Knoxville, Iowa
June 17 Friday River Cities Speedway Grand Forks, N.D.
June 18 Saturday River Cities Speedway Grand Forks, N.D.
June 25 Saturday Princeton Speedway Princeton, Minn.
June 26 Sunday Huset's Speedway Brandon, S.D.
July 1 Friday Dodge City
Raceway Park Dodge City, Kan.
July 2 Saturday Dodge City Raceway Park Dodge City, Kan.
July 8 Friday Cedar Lake Speedway New Richmond, Wis.
July 9 Saturday Beaver Dam Raceway Beaver Dam, Wis.
July 13 Wednesday Limaland Motorsports Park Lima, Ohio
July 15 Friday Eldora Speedway Rossburg, Ohio
July 16 Saturday Eldora Speedway Rossburg, Ohio
July 19 Tuesday Lernerville Speedway Sarver, Pa.
July 22 Friday Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pa.
July 23 Saturday Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pa.
July 24 Sunday Lebanon Valley Speedway West Lebanon, N.Y.
July 26 Tuesday Fulton Speedway Fulton, N.Y.
July 27 Wednesday Ohsweken Speedway Ohsweken, Ontario
July 29 Friday Brockville Ontario Speedway Brockville, Ontario
July 30 Saturday Autodrome Drummond Drummondville, Quebec
Aug. 5 Friday Bloomington
Speedway Bloomington, Ind.
Aug. 6 Saturday I-55 Raceway Pevely, Mo.
Aug. 20 Saturday Nodak Speedway Minot, N.D.
Aug. 21 Sunday Nodak Speedway Minot, N.D.
Aug. 26 Friday Castrol Raceway Edmonton, Alberta
Aug. 27 Saturday Castrol Raceway Edmonton, Alberta
Sept. 2 Friday Skagit
Speedway Alger, Wash.
Sept. 3 Saturday Skagit Speedway Alger, Wash.
Sept. 5 Monday Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, Ore.
Sept. 9 Friday Silver Dollar Speedway Chico, Calif.
Sept. 10 Saturday Silver Dollar Speedway Chico, Calif.
Sept. 16 Friday Clay County Fair Speedway Spencer, Iowa
Sept. 17 Saturday Deer Creek Speedway Spring Valley, Minn.
Sept. 23 Friday Eldora Speedway Rossburg, Ohio
Sept. 24 Saturday Lernerville Speedway Sarver, Pa.
Sept. 30 Friday Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Oct. 1 Saturday Williams
Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Oct. 8 Saturday Rolling Wheels Raceway Park Elbridge, N.Y.
Oct. 15 Saturday Fremont Speedway Fremont, Ohio
Nov. 3 Thursday The Dirt
Track at Charlotte Concord, N.C. (qualifying)
Nov. 4 Friday The Dirt Track at Charlotte Concord, N.C.
Nov. 5 Saturday The Dirt Track at Charlotte Concord, N.C.
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